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Axel Schäfer

Politician

Axel Schäfer 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	Axel Schäfer · Аксель Шефер · اكسيل ستشافير				[sources]
Other name	Axel Helmut Schäfer · Schafer, Axel · Аксель Шефер				[sources]
Birth date	1952-08-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Frankfurt · Frankfurt am Main				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany · France				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Axel · Helmut				[sources]
Last name	Schäfer				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	axelschaefer-mdb.de · axelschaefer-mdb.de · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q792359				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Member of the European Parliament (1994-1999) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Generalsekretär der Europäischen Bewegung Deutschland				[sources]
Religion	evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	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

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,804

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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