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Ulrich Giezendanner

Politician

Ulrich Giezendanner 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	Ulrich Giezendanner · الريتش جيزيندانير				[sources]
Alias	Giezendanner, Ulrich				[sources]
Birth date	1953-10-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Rothrist				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Ulrich				[sources]
Last name	Giezendanner				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q116886				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1991-2019) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Giezendanner				[sources]
Address	Argovie · Rothrist · Wattwil				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons (Grossrat): von März 1989 bis November 1991

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

former member of National Council

— 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	2019-12-01

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Benjamin Giezendanner Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,168

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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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 OpenSanctions552,903

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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: ch-parl-councillor-91 · evpo-3a43fe31-f724-46ae-b759-1fd477492960

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