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Lieni Füglistaller

Politician

Lieni Füglistaller 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	Lieni Füglistaller · لينى فوجليستالير				[sources]
Alias	Füglistaller, Lieni · Leonhard Füglistaller · Lieni Fueglistaller · Lieni Fuglistaller				[sources]
Birth date	1951-12-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Leonhard · Lieni				[sources]
Last name	Füglistaller				[sources]
Political association	Swiss People's Party · Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	- · Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q122931				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2005-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Füglistaller				[sources]
Address	Argovie · Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-26	Last processed	2026-02-26	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ortsparteipräsident seit Februar 2004; Legislative des Kantons: seit April 1985; Fraktionspräsident der SVP-Grossratsfraktion von Dezember 1995 bis Dezember 2005

— 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	2005-05-30	2011-12-04

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly898

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,573

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-1294 · evpo-f5993f24-675f-474b-8311-28bb519e100c

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