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Ruth Genner

Politician

Ruth Genner 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	Ruth Genner · روث جينير · 鲁思·根纳 · 루트 게너				[sources]
Alias	Genner, Ruth · 露絲·詹納 · 鲁思·根纳				[sources]
Birth date	1956-01-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Schaffhausen · Schaffhouse				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ruth				[sources]
Last name	Genner				[sources]
Political association	Les VERT-E-S suisses				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseillère nationale · dipl. Lm.-Ing. ETH				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q117716				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1998-2008) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2008) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2008-2008)				[sources]
Education	ETH Zurich				[sources]
Religion	Genner				[sources]
Address	Buch · Zurich				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrätin Zürich) von Mai 1987 bis April 1997; Co-Präsidentin der Grünen Partei der Schweiz: von Oktober 2001 bis Dezember 2003; Präsidentin der Grünen Partei der Schweiz: von Januar 2004 bis April 2008

— 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	1998-04-27	2008-09-14

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

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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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-84a45bbb-e118-422e-be59-9f2fc5fd16d4 · ch-parl-councillor-407

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