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Charles Favre

Politician

Charles Favre 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	Charles Favre · Чарльз Фавр · تشارلز فافر				[sources]
Alias	Favre, Charles · Чарльз Фавр · تشارلز فافر				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Lausanne				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Charles				[sources]
Last name	Favre				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Diplôme fédéral de médecine				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q122915				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State (1994-2002) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Favre Charles				[sources]
Address	Saint-Barthélemy · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Législatif communal: conseil communal d'Echallens depuis 1985 jusqu'à 1994; Législatif cantonal: Grand Conseil depuis 1990 jusqu'à 1994; Exécutif cantonal: depuis 1994 jusqu'à 2002

— 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	2003-12-04	2007-11-30
Member of the Swiss National Council

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-463 · evpo-183938c1-13fb-4c77-8441-c9dd30f24fed

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