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Bruno Tobback

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Bruno Tobback 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	Bruno Tobback · Бруно Тоббак · 布吕诺·托巴克 · 브뤼노 토바크				[sources]
Birth date	1969-08-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Leuven				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	European Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Belgium				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bruno				[sources]
Last name	Tobback				[sources]
Political association	Vooruit				[sources]
Website	www.brunotobback.be				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q960356				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · Minister of Pensions (2004-2007) · member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium (2007-2010) · member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium (2010-2014) · member of the Flemish Parliament (1995-1999) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Ghent University · Vrije Universiteit Brussel				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Flemish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Louis Tobback PEP	child · father	-	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament	-	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	-	-
member of the Flemish Parliament

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,289

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,308

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: be-kam-0b535d1c81c9d9c29ade9b521d79827497bf3ccb · eu-meps-256885 · be-kam-d881caa2af6cb2b8e716cc96790a48bb07bb1585

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