East and Central European Political Elites Database (ECEPED)

The East and Central European Political Elites Database (ECEPED) is a biographical database of contemporary (post-1989) national and sub-national political elites within Eastern and Central Europe. It is organized at the individual level and provides descriptive variables such as: birth, death, profession, gender, incumbency status, and others. These data were collected from electoral reports and biographical codexes generally provided through state statistical offices. It is planned to include datasets covering: members of parliament, members of regional parliaments, and cabinet ministers.IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON MISSING DATA HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: [email protected] cite the following if you utilize any German national or German sub-national data for publication:Kerevel, Yann P., Austin S. Matthews, and Katsunori Seki. 2018. "Mixed-Member Electoral Systems, Best Loser Rules, and the Descriptive Representation of Women." Electoral Studies 57 (1): 153-162.