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Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Politician

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul 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	Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul · Heidemarie Wieczoreková-Zeulová · Гайдемаріє Вечорек-Цойль · Хайдемари Вечорек-Цойль · היידמארי ויצ'ורק-צול · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Heidemaria Wieczorek-Zeul · Heidemarie Wieczorek Zeul · Heidemarie Zeul · Rote Heide · Rote Heidi · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Wieczorek-Zeul				[sources]
Birth date	1942-11-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Frankfurt · Frankfurt/Main				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Heidemarie				[sources]
Last name	Wieczorek-Zeul				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.heidi-wieczorek-zeul.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q84390				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (1998-2002) · Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (2002-2005) · Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (2005-2009) · 9 more...				[sources]
Education	Goethe University Frankfurt · Herderschule · Lehrerin, Bundesministerin a. D.				[sources]
Religion	ohne Angaben				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (SPD)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
نوربيرت ويكزوريك Politician	spouse	1965	1979

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development	2005-11-22	2009-10-28

Data sources

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,534

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,485

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,491

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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