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Michael Gahler

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael Gahler is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Michael GAHLER · Michael Gahler · مايكل جاهلير · 麦克尔·凯勒				[sources]
Other name	盖勒				[sources]
Birth date	1960-04-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Frankfurt				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany · European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Keywords	International organization				[sources]
Last name	GAHLER · Gahler				[sources]
Website	www.michael-gahler.eu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q85537				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (1999-1999) · Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004) · Member of the European Parliament (2004-2009) · Member of the European Parliament (2009-2014) · Member of the European Parliament (2014-2019) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium, Frankfurt				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

MEP, EPP

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-03-08

German politician

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		2021-03-22	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	-	-	-
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)	-	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2024-07-16	2029-01-01
Member of the European Parliament	2004-07-20	2009-07-13
Member of the European Parliament	-	-
Member of the European Parliament	2019-07-02	2024-07-15
Member of the European Parliament	2014-05-25	2019-07-01
Member of the European Parliament	2009-07-14	2014-06-30

Data sources

China Sanctions Research206

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,888

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories460,153

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

Wikidata · non-official source

European Parliament Members933

A set of all the members of the European Union's parliament, which are elected per member state.

European Union · EP

External databases

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Wikidata429,227

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-meps-2341

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