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Josias Gasser

PEP · Politician

Josias Gasser 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	Josias F. Gasser · Josias Gasser · چوسياس جاسير				[sources]
Alias	Gasser, Josias F. · Josias Gasser				[sources]
Birth date	1952-11-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Death date	2025-10-09				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Josias · Josias F.				[sources]
Last name	Gasser				[sources]
Political association	Green Liberal Party of Switzerland				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15821850				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2011-2015)				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,738

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,594

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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