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Rudolf Rechsteiner

Politician

Rudolf Rechsteiner 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	Rudolf Rechsteiner · رودولف ريتشستينير				[sources]
Alias	Rechsteiner, Rudolf				[sources]
Birth date	1958-10-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Basel · Bâle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Rudolf				[sources]
Last name	Rechsteiner				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse · Social Democratic Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. rer. pol.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119963				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2010) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2010)				[sources]
Education	University of Basel · University of Geneva				[sources]
Religion	Rechsteiner-Basel				[sources]
Address	Appenzell · Bâle-Ville				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons Basel-Stadt: von Mai 1988 bis Januar 1999; Vizepräsident SP Basel-Stadt: von Juni 1993 bis Juni 1995

— 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	2003-12-01	2007-11-30

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,644

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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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,383

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata325,932

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-0f4d8b8d-26c7-4b9b-9e31-2fe4006f2623 · ch-parl-councillor-348

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