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Eric Voruz

Politician

Eric Voruz 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	Eric Voruz · Éric Voruz · اريك ڤوروز				[sources]
Alias	Voruz, Eric · Éric Voruz				[sources]
Weak alias	Voruz				[sources]
Birth date	1945-07-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Moudon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Eric · Éric				[sources]
Last name	Voruz				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse · Social Democratic Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119035				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2007-2015) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2012-2016)				[sources]
Religion	Voruz				[sources]
Address	Jorat-Menthue (Sottens) · Moudon · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Vice-président du PS vaudois: depuis mai 1994 jusqu'à mai 1999; Législatif communal: depuis janvier 1966 jusqu'à décembre 1985; Législatif cantonal: depuis avril 1982 jusqu'à avril 1994; Exécutif communal: depuis janvier 1986 jusqu'à décembre 1993 et syndic de Morges de janvier 1994 jusqu'à mars 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 National Council	-	-
Conseil national	2007-12-03	2011-12-04

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly898

Current and recent Members of the Swiss Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,576

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-3911 · evpo-208a7235-cbf4-4840-a83c-60379754148d

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