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Alain Berset

Politician

Alain Berset 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	Alain Berset · Alēns Bersē · Αλέν Μπερσέ · Ален Берсе · Ален Берсет · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Alens Berse				[sources]
Weak alias	Berset				[sources]
Birth date	1972-04-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Fribourg				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland · France				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Alain				[sources]
Last name	Berset				[sources]
Political association	Parti socialiste suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Dr. ès sc. éco. / Lic. ès sc. pol. · Président de la Confédération				[sources]
Website	www.berset.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q123939				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (2003-2011) · Member of the Swiss Federal Council (2012-2023) · President of the Swiss Confederation (2018-2018) · President of the Swiss Confederation (2023-2024) · President of the Swiss Council of States (2008-2009) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Neuchâtel				[sources]
Religion	Berset				[sources]
Address	Fribourg · Misery-Courtion				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-17	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Législatif communal (conseil général) de Belfaux; Vice-président du groupe socialiste de l'Assemblée fédérale, depuis 2006; depuis mars 2001 jusqu'à décembre 2003; Législatif cantonal (Assemblée Constituante): depuis mars 2000 jusqu'à mai 2004

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politicians

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-12-10

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss Council of States	2003-12-01	2011-12-31

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,009

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Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,142

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,890

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-switzerland-alain-berset-chief-federal-dept-of-home-affairs · us-cia-switzerland-alain-berset-president-swiss-confederation · ch-parl-councillor-1161 · us-cia-switzerland-alain-berset-vice-pres

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