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Gerhard Botz

Politician

Gerhard Botz 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	Gerhard Botz · Герхард Ботц · جيرارد بوتز · گرهارد بتس · 게르하르트 보츠				[sources]
Other name	Botz! · گرهارد بتس				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Rudolstadt				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	East Germany · Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Gerhard				[sources]
Last name	Botz				[sources]
Political association	SPD				[sources]
Website	www.dr-botz.de · www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q98509				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Member of the European Parliament (1994-1999) · member of the German Bundestag (1990-1990) · member of the German Bundestag (2005-2009) · member of the Landtag of Thuringia (1999-2004) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Agrarwissenschaftler · University of Rostock				[sources]
Religion	konfessionslos				[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	2005-10-18	2009-10-27

Data sources

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Global · Wikidata · 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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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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