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Hans Hess

Politician

Hans Hess 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	Hans Hess · Ганс Гесс · هانس هس				[sources]
Birth date	1945-05-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Lucerne				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hans				[sources]
Last name	Hess				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Dr. iur. · Député au Conseil des Etats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q120964				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (1998-2015)				[sources]
Religion	Hess Hans				[sources]
Address	Engelberg · Obwald				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons: von 1978 bis 1981; Exekutive des Kantons: von 1981 bis 1989

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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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-409

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