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Erika Forster-Vannini

Politician

Erika Forster-Vannini 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	Erika Forster-Vannini · Эрика Форстер-Ваннини · اريكا فورستير ڤانينى · 埃丽卡·福斯特-万尼尼 · 에리카 포르스터파니니				[sources]
Alias	Erika Forster · Форстер-Ваннини, Эрика				[sources]
Weak alias	Forster-Vannini				[sources]
Birth date	1944-02-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Erika				[sources]
Last name	Forster · Forster-Vannini · Vannini				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	- · Députée au Conseil des Etats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116433				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (1995-2011) · President of the Swiss Council of States · President of the Swiss Council of States (2009-2010)				[sources]
Religion	Forster				[sources]
Address	Neunkirch · St-Gall				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-17	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Gemeinderat von 1977 bis 1988 (Präsidentin 1982); Kantonsrat von 1988 bis 1995 (Präsidentin 1994/1995); Vizepräsidentin der FDP Fraktion seit 2003

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,705

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,654

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-370

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