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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	FDP.The Liberals · Free Democratic Party of Switzerland · 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	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	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 National Council	2008-11-22	2011-12-02
Conseil national

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,577

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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