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Armin Laschet

Politician

Armin Laschet 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	Armin Laschet · Armīns Lašets · Άρμιν Λάσετ · Армин Лашет · Армін Лашет · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Лашет, Армин				[sources]
Weak alias	アーミン・ラシェット · 阿尔明·拉舍特 · 阿敏·拉舍特				[sources]
Birth date	1961-02-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Aachen · Burtscheid				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Country of birth	Germany				[sources]
First name	Armin				[sources]
Last name	Laschet				[sources]
Political association	CDU				[sources]
Website	armin-laschet.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q78205				[sources]
Position	Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation (2019-2021) · Member of the Bundesrat of Germany (2010-2010) · Member of the Bundesrat of Germany (2017-2021) · Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004) · Member of the European Parliament (2004-2005) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Ministerpräsident a. D. · Pius gymnasium Aachen (-1981) · University of Bonn				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church · römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-14	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

German politician (CDU)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-06-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Marcella Laschet Close Associate	mother	-	-
Johannes Laschet Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia	2017-06-27	2021-10-25

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,536

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · 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

External databases

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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

Source data IDs: evpo-166198df-2644-452f-b225-6b9cb935dc68 · de-btg-mdb-11002718

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