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Claude Janiak

Politician

Claude Janiak 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	Claude Janiak · Клод Ян'як · كلاود چانياك				[sources]
Alias	Claudius Janiak · Janiak, Claude				[sources]
Birth date	1948-10-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Basel · Bâle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · Poland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Claude				[sources]
Last name	Janiak				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse · Social Democratic Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Dr. iur. · Député au Conseil des Etats				[sources]
Website	www.janiak.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116461				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (2007-2019) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2007) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · President of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Education	University of Basel · University of London				[sources]
Religion	Janiak				[sources]
Address	Binningen · Bâle · Bâle-Campagne				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative der Gemeinde Binningen: von Juli 1988 bis Juni 1995; Exekutive der Gemeinde Bubendorf: von Januar 1976 bis Dezember 1979; Vizepräsident SP BL: von April 1982 bis April 1989; Präsident SP BL: von April 1989 bis April 1995; Präsident Landratsfraktion: von 1995 bis 1997; Legislative des Kantons: von Februar 1981 bis Juni 1987 und von Februar 1994 bis Oktober 1999 (Präsident: 1998/1999)

— 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	1999-12-06	2007-12-02

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,999

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,582

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly898

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,668

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,214

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c475d193-c3fd-4e3c-a5b2-784a41679d8d · ch-parl-councillor-477

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