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Werner Hoyer

Politician

Werner Hoyer 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	Werner Hoyer · Вернер Хойер · ويرنير هوير · ヴェルナー・ホイヤー · 維爾納·霍爾 · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Hoyer, Werner · Wernerus Hoyer				[sources]
Birth date	1951-11-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Wuppertal · Wuppertal-Ronsdorf				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Werner				[sources]
Last name	Hoyer				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q85825				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2012) · Commissioner for Franco-German co-operation (2010-2012) · Parliamentary Secretary in Germany (2009-2011) · Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party (1993-1994) · 8 more...				[sources]
Education	Staatsminister · University of Cologne				[sources]
Religion	römisch-katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (born 1951)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-30

Relationships

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

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

German Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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Wikidata350,291

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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