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Hans Fehr

Politician

Hans Fehr 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	Hans Fehr · هانس فهر				[sources]
Alias	Fehr, Hans · Ioannes Fehr · هانس فهر				[sources]
Birth date	1947-01-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Berg am Irchel				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Hans				[sources]
Last name	Fehr				[sources]
Political association	Swiss People's Party · Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q117136				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2015) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015)				[sources]
Religion	Fehr Hans				[sources]
Address	Berg am Irchel · Zurich				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Exekutive der Gemeinde Eglisau (Gemeinderat): von 1982 bis 1986; Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrat): von 1991 bis 1996

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician (b. 1947)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-03

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Council	2003-12-01	2007-11-30

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Nina Fehr Düsel Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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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 Legislators40,644

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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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,383

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata325,932

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-319 · evpo-a9234943-b1ee-483c-82de-3cf5e3a8ab95

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