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Katja Kipping

Politician

Katja Kipping is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Katja Kipping · Katja Kippingová · Κάτια Κίπινγκ · Катя Киппинг · Катя Кіппінг · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Catharina Kipping · Katja Kippingová · Kipping, Katja · Κάτια Κίπινγκ · Катя Киппинг · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kipping · 卡提亚·基平				[sources]
Birth date	1978-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Dresden				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	East Germany · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Katja				[sources]
Last name	Kipping				[sources]
Political association	DIE LINKE.				[sources]
Website	www.katja-kipping.de · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.katja-kipping.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q76342				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Member of the Landtag of Saxony (1999-2004) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Annenschule (-1996) · Literaturwissenschaftlerin · Magister Artium · TUD Dresden University of Technology				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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Wikidata · non-official source

German Members of the Bundestag1,926

Current and recent Members of the German Federal Parliament; mostly teachers and lawyers

Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,563

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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