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Thomas de Courten

Politician

Thomas de Courten 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	Thomas de Courten · توماس د كورتين				[sources]
Alias	Thomas Jan de Courten · de Courten, Thomas				[sources]
Birth date	1966-07-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Basel · Bâle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	Thomas.Decourten@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	de Courten				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Eidg. Dipl. Betriebsökonom HWV				[sources]
Website	decourten.info · www.decourten.info				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q118493				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2011-) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	de Courten				[sources]
Address	Bâle-Campagne · Sierre				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons: von März 2003 bis Dezember 2011; Präsident Volkswirtschaftskommission und Gesundheitskommission des Landrates Basel-Landschaft; Parteivorstand SVP Schweiz; Parteileitung SVP Baselland; Vizepräsident SVP Gelterkinden und Umgebung

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2019-12-02	2023-12-03

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

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 OpenSanctions552,388

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-45901185-eecb-4e26-ad1b-41bf28c1afe9 · ch-parl-councillor-4051

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