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Lâle Akgün

Politician

Lâle Akgün 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	Lale Akgün · Lâle Akgün · Лале Акгун / Lale Akgun · Лале Акгюн · לאל אקגון · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Akgun! · Lale Akgun · Lale Akgün · Лале Акгюн · لاله آکگون				[sources]
Birth date	1953-09-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Istanbul				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany · Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Türkiye				[sources]
First name	Lale				[sources]
Last name	Akgün				[sources]
Political association	SPD · Social Democratic Party of Germany				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q77682				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · member of the German Bundestag (2002-2005) · member of the German Bundestag (2005-2009) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2003-2005)				[sources]
Education	Dipl.-Psychologin · University of Cologne (1987) · University of Marburg (1973-) · doctorate (1987)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	Turks in Germany				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish-German statesperson and writer (born 1953)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-13

Relationships

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

Data sources

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,825

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,968

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,666

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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