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Johannes Kahrs

Politician

Johannes Kahrs 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	Johannes Kahrs · Йоганнес Карс · Йоханнес Карс · چوهانيس كاهرس				[sources]
Alias	Kahrs, Johannes · Йоханнес Карс · Карс, Йоханнес				[sources]
Birth date	1963-09-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Bremen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Johannes				[sources]
Last name	Kahrs				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.kahrs.de · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q96820				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2013-2017) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · member of the German Bundestag (1998-2002) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Jurist · University of Hamburg				[sources]
Religion	Lutheran Churches · evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-30	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former German politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bringfriede Kahrs Politician	child · mother	-	-
Wolfgang Kahrs Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the German Bundestag	2009-10-27	2013-10-22

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,827

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

Germany · German Bundestag

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11003157 · evpo-9cf58140-906d-4a79-a683-2aad95155cc1

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