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François-Noël Buffet

PEP · Politician

François-Noël Buffet 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	François-Noël Buffet · M. François-Noël Buffet · Франсуа-Ноэль Бюффе · فرانسوا نويل بوفيه · فرانكويس نويل بوفيت · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Francois-Noel Buffet · François Noël Buffet · Бюффе, Франсуа-Ноэль				[sources]
Birth date	1963-08-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Lyon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	France				[sources]
Citizenship	France				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Email	fn.buffet@senat.fr				[sources]
First name	François-Noël				[sources]
Last name	Buffet				[sources]
Political association	Union for a Popular Movement				[sources]
Website	www.francoisnoelbuffet.fr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12944				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Mayor of Oullins (1997-2017) · Metropolitan councillor of Lyon (2015-) · Senator of the French Fifth Republic (2004-) · mayor's adjunct of Oullins (1995-) · municipal councillor of Oullins (1990-2017)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-06	Last processed	2026-04-06	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

member of the Senate of France

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

Relationships

Data sources

French Senators891

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France · Sénat

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,626

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,340

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: fr-senat-04047h

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Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Robin Emschwiller Close Associate	partner in business or sport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Senator of the French Fifth Republic	-	-
Metropolitan councillor of Lyon