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Walter Gartmann

Politician

Walter Gartmann 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	Walter Gartmann				[sources]
Birth date	1969-01-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Walenstadt				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current) · State government (past)				[sources]
E-Mail	walter.gartmann@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Walter				[sources]
Last name	Gartmann				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Website	walter-gartmann.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q123165595				[sources]
Position	Member of the Cantonal Council of Sankt Gallen (2014-2023) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2023-)				[sources]
Religion	Gartmann				[sources]
Address	Mels · Pfäfers, Valens-Vasön · St-Gall				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2024-01-08

Descriptions

Kantonsrat St. Gallen; SVP Kanton St. Gallen

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-09

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · 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 OpenSanctions552,757

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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-10848

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