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Michael Georg Link

Politician

Michael Georg Link 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	Michael Georg Link · Michael Link · Михаэль Георг Линк · مايكل جورج لينك · 미하엘 게오르크 링크				[sources]
Other name	Link, Michael · Michael Link · 미하엘 링크				[sources]
Birth date	1963-02-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Heilbronn · Heilbronn / Neckar				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany · France				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Georg · Michael · Michael Georg				[sources]
Last name	Link				[sources]
Political association	FDP				[sources]
Website	twitter.com · www.michael-georg-link.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q991377				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2013) · Bundestag (member, 2017-) · Commissioner for Franco-German co-operation (2012-2014) · Parliamentary Secretary in Germany · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Augsburg · Übersetzer				[sources]
Religion	evangelisch				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

ODHIR director

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

Relationships

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

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Germany Members of the Bundestag1,829

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

Germany · German Bundestag

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: de-btg-mdb-11003802 · evpo-58bb53b5-19ff-421e-a705-ecfd0640cf0a

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