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Daniel Günther

Politician

Daniel Günther 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	Daniel Günther · Ντάνιελ Γκύντερ · Даниэль Гюнтер · Даніель Ґюнтер · דניאל גינתר · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Daniel Gunther · Гюнтер, Даниэль				[sources]
Weak alias	丹尼爾·金特				[sources]
Birth date	1973-07-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Kiel				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	State government (current)				[sources]
Description	Geboren am 24.07.1973 in Kiel, römisch-katholisch, verheiratet, 2 Kinder. 1993 Abitur. 1993 bis 2001 Studium der Politikwissenschaft, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Psychologie in Kiel, Magister Artium. Mitglied der CDU. 2000 bis 2005 Geschäftsführer der CDU Kreisverbände in Rendsburg-Eckernförde und Neumünster, 2005 bis 2012 Landesgeschäftsführer der CDU Schleswig-Holstein. 2013 bis 2014 Geschäftsführer der Hermann Ehlers Stiftung e.V. und der Hermann Ehlers Akademie in Kiel. Seit 2016 Landesvorsitzender der CDU Schleswig-Holstein. Seit 2009 Mitglied des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtages. Seit 28.06.2017 Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein. Mitglied des Bundesrates seit 28.06.2017. Vom 01.11.2018 bis 31.10.2019 Präsident des Bundesrates.				[sources]
First name	Daniel				[sources]
Last name	Günther				[sources]
Political association	CDU · Christian Democratic Union				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q969340				[sources]
Position	Member of the Bundesrat of Germany (2017-) · Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein (2017-) · Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein · Mitglied des Ausschusses für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten · Mitglied des Bundesrates für das Land Schleswig-Holstein · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Jungmannschule (-1993) · Kiel University · Magister Artium				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.bundesrat.de				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

German politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Bundesrat of Germany	2017-06-28	-

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Germany Members of the Bundesrat182

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Germany · German Bundesrat

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German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,534

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,384

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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