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Simon Schenk

PEP · Politician

Simon Schenk 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	Simon Schenk · Саймон Шенк · سيمون ستشينك · سيمون شينك				[sources]
Alias	Schenk, Simon · Саймон Шенк				[sources]
Birth date	1946-05-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Langnau im Emmental				[sources]
Death date	2020-05-01				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Simon				[sources]
Last name	Schenk				[sources]
Political association	Swiss People's Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q120728				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1994-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician (1946-2020)

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

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata327,351

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,324

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