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Michel Béguelin

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Michel Béguelin 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	Michel Béguelin · ميتشيل بيجويلين				[sources]
Alias	Michel Beguelin				[sources]
Birth date	1936-08-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Boudry				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Michel				[sources]
Last name	Béguelin				[sources]
Political association	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Député au Conseil des Etats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119896				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (1999-2007) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1987-1999)				[sources]
Religion	Béguelin				[sources]
Address	Tramelan · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Comité directeur du PSS de 1985 à 1991

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

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Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly902

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons290,346

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,989

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata343,869

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-246

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