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Josef Lang

Politician

Josef Lang 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	Josef Lang · Йосеф Ланг · جوسيف لانج · جوسيف لانغ				[sources]
Alias	Jo Lang · Lang, Josef · Йосеф Ланг · جوسيف لانغ				[sources]
Birth date	1954-04-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Aristau				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Josef				[sources]
Last name	Lang				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. phil. I				[sources]
Website	www.joseflang.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q122886				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Lang				[sources]
Address	Aristau · Zoug				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative der Gemeinde: von Dezember 1982 bis Dezember 1994; Legislative des Kantons: von Dezember 1994 bis März 2004; Präsident des Sozialistisch-Grünen Alternativen Bündnisses: von März 1991 bis März 1997; Präsident alternative Kanton Zug: seit April 2006

— 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	2011-12-02
Conseil national

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · 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 OpenSanctions552,388

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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: ch-parl-councillor-1158 · evpo-7a62a62e-7da1-4110-bf26-ab38eb3d55da

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