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Daniel Fässler

Politician

Daniel Fässler 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	Daniel Fässler · دانيل فاسلير				[sources]
Alias	Daniel Faessler · Daniel Fassler · Fässler, Daniel				[sources]
Birth date	1960-08-22				[sources]
Place of birth	Appenzell				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	daniel.faessler@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Daniel				[sources]
Last name	Fässler				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic People's Party · Le Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Dr. iur. · Député au Conseil des Etats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1160790				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State of Appenzell Innerrhoden (2008-2019) · Member of the Swiss Council of States (2019-) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2011-2019) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of Bern				[sources]
Religion	Fässler Daniel				[sources]
Address	Appenzell · Appenzell Rh.-Int.				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Judikative: Bezirksgericht Appenzell (1999 bis 2004); Kantonsgericht Appenzell Innerrhoden (2004 bis 2008); Standeskommission (Regierungsrat): Landammann und Volkswirtschaftsdirektor des Kantons Appenzell Innerrhoden (27. April 2008 bis 28. April 2019)

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil des Etats	2019-06-03	2019-12-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly898

Current and recent Members of the Swiss Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,084

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,304

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-b766b9a5-b3c0-403e-b310-a6afbaa188eb · ch-parl-councillor-4056

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