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Hans Widmer

Politician

Hans Widmer 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 Widmer · هانس ويدمير				[sources]
Alias	Juan Widmer · Widmer, Hans				[sources]
Birth date	1941-09-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Hochdorf				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hans				[sources]
Last name	Widmer				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. phil				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q121843				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1996-2010) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2010)				[sources]
Religion	Widmer Hans				[sources]
Address	Hochdorf · Lucerne				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative der Gemeinde Luzern (Grosser Stadtrat): von 1979 bis 1987, Legislative des Kantons (Grossrat): von 1987 bis 1996; Geschäftsleitung der SP Kanton Luzern seit Frühjahr 2003

— 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	2007-12-03	2010-05-30
Member of the National Council

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,388

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-956f39fe-8ab6-4aca-aabe-d93b32e8951c · ch-parl-councillor-390

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