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Erich Hess

Politician

Erich 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	Erich Hess · Эрих Гесс · إريك هس · اريك هس				[sources]
Alias	Erich Johann Hess · Hess, Erich · Эрих Гесс · إريك هس				[sources]
Birth date	1981-03-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Dürrenroth				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	erich.hess@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Erich				[sources]
Last name	Hess				[sources]
Phone	+41313984200				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Website	www.erichhess.ch · www.erichhess.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q121862				[sources]
Position	Member of the Grand Council of Bern (2010-2016) · Member of the Grand Council of Bern (2018-) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Hess Erich				[sources]
Address	Berne · Dürrenroth				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Schweizerische Volkspartei Stadt Bern: Vizepräsident; Vorstand SVP Kanton Bern; Legislative des Kantons Bern (Grosser Rat): Mitglied; Justizkommission des Grossen Rates: Mitglied; Stadtrat Bern: Mitglied

— 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 Swiss National Council	2015-11-30	2019-12-01
Conseil national

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-73baa33e-99fc-4abf-9f0b-7c591008bee1 · ch-parl-councillor-4163

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