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Daniel Brélaz

PEP · Politician

Daniel Brélaz 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	Daniel Brélaz · دانيل بريلاز · 丹尼尔·布雷拉兹 · 다니엘 브렐라즈				[sources]
Alias	Brélaz, Daniel · Daniel Brelaz · Géant vert				[sources]
Weak alias	Brelaz · Brélaz				[sources]
Birth date	1950-01-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Lausanne				[sources]
Death date	2025-12-28				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Daniel				[sources]
Last name	Brélaz				[sources]
Political association	Green Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q118484				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1979-1983) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1983-1987) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1987-1989) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2007-2011) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2022) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	2015-11-30	2022-02-27

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,350

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,829

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata344,689

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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