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Max Binder

Politician

Max Binder 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	Max Binder · Макс Биндер · ماكس بيندر				[sources]
Alias	Binder, Max · Maximilian Binder · Maximus Binder · Макс Биндер · ماكس بيندر				[sources]
Birth date	1947-11-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Illnau-Effretikon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Max				[sources]
Last name	Binder				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · dipl. Landwirt				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116490				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1991-2015) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · President of the Swiss National Council (2003-2004)				[sources]
Religion	Binder				[sources]
Address	Illnau-Effretikon · Zurich				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Exekutive der Gemeinde: Stadtrat (Vizepräsident): seit 1990; Legislative der Gemeinde (Grosser Gemeinderat): von 1985 bis 1990; Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrat): von 1991 bis 1992

— 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	1991-11-25	2015-11-29

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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 OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-981ed745-33bf-42f5-8e7e-9fb65213399e · ch-parl-councillor-15

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