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Hansjörg Walter

Politician

Hansjörg Walter 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	Hansjörg Walter · هانسچورج والتر · 汉斯约尔格·瓦尔特				[sources]
Alias	Hansjoerg Walter · Hansjorg Walter · Hansjörg Walter-Heim · Walter, Hansjörg				[sources]
Birth date	1951-02-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Frauenfeld				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Hansjörg				[sources]
Last name	Walter				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Meisterlandwirt				[sources]
Website	www.hansjoerg-walter.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q118471				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2017) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-2017) · 2 more...				[sources]
Religion	Walter				[sources]
Address	Löhningen · Thurgovie				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative der Gemeinde (Vizegemeindeamman) Ressort Finanzen: von 1995 bis 2002; Exekutive der Gemeinde: Schulpräsident der Volksschulgemeinde Wängi von 1993 bis 2000; Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrat): von 1992 bis 1999; SVP Fraktionspräsident: von 1997 bis 1999

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician (Swiss People's Party)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Council	2012-11-26	2015-11-29
Member of the Swiss National Council

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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Global · Wikidata · 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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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-519 · evpo-78c6f322-6e8e-46d0-9e18-3f90b32c1157

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