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Pierre-François Veillon

Politician

Pierre-François Veillon 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	Pierre-François Veillon · پير فرانكويس ڤيلون				[sources]
Alias	Pierre Veillon · Pierre-Francois Veillon · Veillon, Pierre-François				[sources]
Birth date	1950-04-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Château-d'Oex · Château-d’Oex				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Pierre-François				[sources]
Last name	Veillon				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Ing. agr. EPFZ				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119047				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State (1991-1996) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2015) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015)				[sources]
Religion	Veillon				[sources]
Address	Bex · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Législatif communal de Bex: depuis 1985 jusqu'à 1989; Législatif cantonal: depuis 1986 jusqu'à 1991; Exécutif cantonal: depuis 1991 jusqu'à 1996

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Vincent Veillon Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Council	2007-12-03	2011-12-02
Member of the National Council

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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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

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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-6a39d4b6-fe3a-42c6-8f35-237de188f06a · ch-parl-councillor-1123

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