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Yves Nidegger

Politician

Yves Nidegger 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	Yves Nidegger · ياڤيس نيديجير · 伊夫·尼德格爾				[sources]
Other name	Nidegger, Yves · Yves Nydegger				[sources]
Weak alias	Nidegger				[sources]
Birth date	1957-05-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · France				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yves				[sources]
Last name	Nidegger				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. en droit (Master)				[sources]
Website	nideggerlaw.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119811				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2007-2023) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of Geneva				[sources]
Religion	Nidegger				[sources]
Address	Genève				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	2007-12-03	2023-05-11

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly902

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,645

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-297905bd-f2c5-4d40-b7aa-070858847195 · ch-parl-councillor-3898

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