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Jörg van Essen

Politician

Jörg van Essen 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	Jörg Essen · Jörg van Essen · چورج ڤان اسين				[sources]
Other name	Essen van, Jörg · Jorg van Essen · Van Essen				[sources]
Birth date	1947-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Burscheid				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jörg				[sources]
Last name	Essen				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q896221				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1994) · member of the German Bundestag (1994-1998) · member of the German Bundestag (1998-2002) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Oberstaatsanwalt a. D. · University of Cologne				[sources]
Religion	katholisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-30	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 Bundestag	-	-
member of the German Bundestag	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories361,573

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,828

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,775

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,854

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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