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Ignazio Cassis

Politician

Ignazio Cassis 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	Ignazio Cassis · Ινιάτσιο Κασίς · Іньяцыа Касіс · Іньяціо Кассіс · Иньяцио Кассис · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Cassis, Ignazio · Ignatius Cassis · Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis · Ігнаціо Кассіс · Кассис, Иньяцио · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	イグナツィオ・カシス				[sources]
Birth date	1961-04-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Sessa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · Italy				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ignazio				[sources]
Last name	Cassis				[sources]
Political association	FDP.The Liberals · Free Democratic Party of Switzerland · PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German · Italian				[sources]
Title	Conseiller fédéral · Dr. med., M.P.H. · Son Excellence				[sources]
Website	www.ignaziocassis.ch · twitter.com · www.eda.admin.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q117254				[sources]
Position	Chief, Federal Dept. of Foreign Affairs · Member of the Swiss Federal Council (2017-) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2007-2017) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Zurich				[sources]
Religion	Cassis				[sources]
Address	Biasca · Sessa · Tessin				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislativo del comune Collina d'Oro: da aprile 2004 ad aprile 2014

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

99th President of the Swiss Confederation

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-14

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2011-12-05	2015-11-29

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,090

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Swiss Federal Assembly900

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-switzerland-ignazio-cassis-chief-federal-dept-of-foreign-affairs · unprot-6dea11fc6a5cf391bfd02cedcbbf1337ccb22fc3 · ch-parl-councillor-3828 · evpo-3d999e57-beb1-4eee-ac4e-1439bdd0ba95 · unprot-8912b2b749a04d5f1f28affab4ea1cb9081468f5 · unprot-23c8b35193320373f70ab1247d6013daa2bf6880

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