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Walter Jermann

PEP · Politician

Walter Jermann 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 Jermann				[sources]
Alias	Jermann, Walter				[sources]
Birth date	1945-05-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Breitenbach				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Walter				[sources]
Last name	Jermann				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic People's Party				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q131685270				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2003-2007)				[sources]
Religion	Jermann				[sources]
Address	Bâle-Campagne · Zwingen				[sources]
Source link	www.diju.ch				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Gemeinderat von 1982 bis 1988; Gemeindepräsident von 1989 bis 1999; Landrat von 1994 bis 2003; Landratspräsident von 1999 bis 2000; Bezirksparteipräsident seit 2002

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

politicien suisse (PDC/BL)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-24

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly897

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 OpenSanctions499,639

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,371

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-511d93bf-df80-40b3-9067-633c7654eec5 · ch-parl-councillor-1136

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