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Carlo Sommaruga

Politician

Carlo Sommaruga 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	Carlo Sommaruga · Карло Соммаруґа · كارلو سوماروجا				[sources]
Alias	Sommaruga, Carlo				[sources]
Birth date	1959-07-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	carlo.sommaruga@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Carlo				[sources]
Last name	Sommaruga				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	French · Italian				[sources]
Title	Député au Conseil des Etats · Lic. en droit, brevet d'avocat				[sources]
Website	www.carlo-sommaruga.ch · twitter.com · www.carlosommaruga.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119393				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (2019-) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2019) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Geneva				[sources]
Religion	Sommaruga Carlo				[sources]
Address	Genève · Lugano · Rue des Pavillons 17, 1211 Genève 4				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-14	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Législatif communal de Thônex à Genève : de 1991 à 2001; Législatif cantonal (Grand Conseil) de 2001 à 2003

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Cornelio Sommaruga Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2015-11-30	2019-12-01

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,009

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,741

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-1120 · evpo-fadeca7a-2eee-4772-9443-9a0f11687c6d

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