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Karl Vogler

Politician

Karl Vogler 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	Karl Vogler · كارل ڤوجلير				[sources]
Alias	Vogler, Karl				[sources]
Birth date	1956-03-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Sarnen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Karl				[sources]
Last name	Vogler				[sources]
Political association	Christian Social Party of Obwalden · Christlich-soziale Partei Obwalden				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. iur.				[sources]
Website	www.karlvogler.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1514490				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2011-2015) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2019) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of Fribourg				[sources]
Religion	Vogler				[sources]
Address	Lungern · Obwald				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislative des Kantons (Kantonsrat): von 2002 bis 2009; Einwohnergemeinderat Lungern: von 1986 bis 1990

— 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	2015-11-30	2019-12-01

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly898

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,576

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-4085 · evpo-c50bcf72-9fa7-4668-a357-7ca89bb2714e

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