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Olivier Français

Politician

Olivier Français 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	Olivier Français · اوليڤير فرانكايس				[sources]
Alias	Français, Olivier · Olivier Francais				[sources]
Birth date	1955-10-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Metz				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Olivier				[sources]
Last name	Français				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Député au Conseil des Etats · Ing. civ. EPFL-SIA-SATW				[sources]
Website	www.olivier-francais.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q120650				[sources]
Position	Member of the Grand Council of the canton of Vaud (1998-2007) · Member of the Swiss Council of States (2015-2023) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2007-2015) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · National Council (member, 2011-2015)				[sources]
Education	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne				[sources]
Religion	Français				[sources]
Address	Lausanne · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Législatif communal: Conseiller communal depuis septembre 1994 jusqu'à mai 2000; Législatif cantonal: Député depuis avril 1998 jusqu'à octobre 2007; Exécutif communal: Conseiller municipal directeur des travaux, depuis 1er juin 2000 jusqu'au 30 juin 2016

— 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 Swiss National Council	2007-12-03	2015-11-29

Data sources

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Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-3879 · evpo-80d68f10-1d5e-4cb3-9b6e-b937fd7c45d7

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