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Boris Banga

Politician

Boris Banga 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	Boris Banga · بوريس بانجا				[sources]
Other name	Banga, Boris				[sources]
Birth date	1949-08-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Basel · Bâle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Boris				[sources]
Last name	Banga				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. iur.				[sources]
Website	www.banga.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q122440				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2007) · National Council (member, 2003-2007)				[sources]
Religion	Banga				[sources]
Address	Münchenstein · Soleure				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Mayor of Grenchen

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	1995-12-04	2007-12-02

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · 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

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,214

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-301 · evpo-0e07c4be-8ed9-4ea4-aa3c-095e6175f636

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