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Elmar Bigger

Politician

Elmar Bigger 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	Elmar Bigger · المار بيجير				[sources]
Alias	Bigger, Elmar				[sources]
Birth date	1949-10-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Vilters · Vilters-Wangs				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Elmar				[sources]
Last name	Bigger				[sources]
Political association	Swiss People's Party · Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Eidg. dipl. Meisterlandwirt				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1332705				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011)				[sources]
Religion	Bigger				[sources]
Address	St-Gall · Vilters-Wangs, Vilters				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Präsident SVP Ortspartei Vilters-Wangs: seit Juli 1996; Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrat): von 1996 bis 2000

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2007-12-03	2011-12-04

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,232

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata355,577

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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