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German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag) and the positions they occupy in the legislature, provided by the Abgeordenetenwatch API.

Data released under CC0 1.0 license.

Data overview

Entities:
Total5,051
Searchable2,531
Targets2,514
Entity types:
People2,514
Positions17
Countries:
Germany2,531
Publisher:Parlamentwatch e.V. · Germany non-official source

On abgeordnetenwatch.de (which translates as “member of parliament watch”) users can find all politicial representatives and ask them questions, read investigative research and support their demands towards politics for more transparency.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
Information:www.abgeordnetenwatch.de
Source data:www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · JSON
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-04-14 19:55:03
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities2.22 MB
names.txtTarget names text file38.67 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format1.65 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON3.21 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV458.46 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Arne PlatzbeckerPersonGermany
Tim Kristian StoberockPersonGermany
Jan KoriathPersonGermany
Thomas MeyerPersonGermany
Parica PartoshoarPersonGermany
Annika UrbanskiPersonGermany
Pierre FischerPersonGermany
Linus GörgPersonGermany
Marlon DeterPersonGermany
Katrin FeyPersonGermany
Johannes VolkmannPersonGermany
Philipp HeißnerPersonGermany
Kemir ČolićPersonGermany
Jessica HennigPersonGermany
Marcel BauerPersonGermany
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