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Oskar Freysinger

Politician

Oskar Freysinger 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	Oskar Freysinger · Оскар Фрејсингер · اوسكار فريسينجير				[sources]
Alias	Freysinger, Oskar · Оскар Фрејсингер				[sources]
Weak alias	Freysinger				[sources]
Birth date	1960-06-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Sierre				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Oskar				[sources]
Last name	Freysinger				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. phil. I				[sources]
Website	www.ofreysinger.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q123109				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State of Valais (2013-2017) · Member of the Grand Council of the canton of Valais (2001-2003) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2015) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Fribourg				[sources]
Religion	Freysinger				[sources]
Address	Guttet-Feschel · Valais				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Président UDC Valais: depuis juillet 1999 jusqu'à novembre 2002 et dès novembre 2008; Vice-Président UDC Suisse: depuis mai 2012; Exécutif cantonal: dès mai 2013; Exécutif communal: depuis décembre 1996 jusqu'à décembre 2000; Législatif cantonal: depuis mars 2001 jusqu'à octobre 2003

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2003-12-01	2007-12-02

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

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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 OpenSanctions552,654

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,705

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-1127 · evpo-a41296c0-7df1-4608-9acb-71a81846b0c4

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