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Peter Hess

Politician

Peter 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	Peter Hess · Петер Гесс · بيتر هس · بيتر هيس				[sources]
Birth date	1948-05-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Unterägeri				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Last name	Hess				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. iur.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q121101				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1983-2003) · President of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Religion	Hess Peter				[sources]
Address	Unterägeri · Zoug				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories363,068

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly902

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,139

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-4f9b409f-f917-40da-966e-9c182b6213dc · ch-parl-councillor-111

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