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Françoise Saudan

Politician

Françoise Saudan 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	Françoise Saudan · فرانكويس ساودان · 프랑수아즈 소당				[sources]
Other name	Francoise Saudan				[sources]
Birth date	1939-11-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Lyon				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Françoise				[sources]
Last name	Saudan				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Députée au Conseil des Etats · lic. en droit				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1282105				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (1995-2007) · President of the Swiss Council of States (2000-2001) · President of the Swiss Council of States (2001)				[sources]
Religion	Saudan				[sources]
Address	Genève · Martigny				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-17	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

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 Persons275,560

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,631

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-378

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Marc Saudan Close Associate	child	-	-
Patrick Saudan Politician	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the Swiss Council of States	-	-