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Yves Guisan

Politician

Yves Guisan 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	Yves Guisan				[sources]
Alias	Guisan, Yves				[sources]
Birth date	1941-07-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Lausanne				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Yves				[sources]
Last name	Guisan				[sources]
Political association	Free Democratic Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. med.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q110819228				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2007) · National Council (member, 2003-2007)				[sources]
Education	University of Lausanne				[sources]
Religion	Guisan				[sources]
Address	Avenches · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Législatif cantonal: janvier 1993 - mars 1995; Législatif communal: dès janvier 1987

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	1995-12-04	2007-12-02

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,627

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,063

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,770

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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