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Jean Ziegler

Politician

Jean Ziegler 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	Jean Ziegler · Жан Циглер · Жан Ціглер · جيان زيجلر · جيان زيغلر · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Hans Ziegler · Ž. Zigler · Циглер, Жан				[sources]
Birth date	1934-04-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Bern · Berne · Thun				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	United Nations				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past)				[sources]
First name	Jean				[sources]
Last name	Ziegler				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q123706				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1967-1983) · Member of the Swiss National Council (1987-1999) · United Nations Special Rapporteur (2000-2008)				[sources]
Education	University of Bern · University of Geneva · University of Paris				[sources]
Religion	Ziegler Jean				[sources]
Address	Berne · Genève				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-10-01

Descriptions

Swiss sociologist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Erica Deuber Ziegler Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Dominique Ziegler Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United Nations Special Rapporteur	2000-01-01	2008-01-01

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly902

Current and recent Members of the Swiss Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,228

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,660

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,256

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,043

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-48a1305a-101f-4242-996c-7874bcbe2a21 · ch-parl-councillor-238

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