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Marcel Scherer

Politician

Marcel Scherer 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	Marcel Scherer · مارسيل شيرير				[sources]
Other name	Scherer, Marcel · مارسيل شيرير				[sources]
Birth date	1952-01-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Cham				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Marcel				[sources]
Last name	Scherer				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Meisterlandwirt				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q120616				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Scherer				[sources]
Address	Flühli · Hünenberg · Zoug				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Präsident SVP Kanton Zug: seit April 2000

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

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Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,656

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories379,756

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-0d8a3dde-aca3-46a4-8a7a-d0486e922baf · ch-parl-councillor-506

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