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Heinz Siegenthaler

Politician

Heinz Siegenthaler 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	Heinz Siegenthaler · هينز سيجينثالير				[sources]
Alias	Siegenthaler, Heinz				[sources]
Birth date	1955-10-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Biel/Bienne · Bienne				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Heinz				[sources]
Last name	Siegenthaler				[sources]
Political association	Le Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Eidg. dipl. Meisterlandwirt				[sources]
Website	www.heinzsiegenthaler.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1600981				[sources]
Position	Member of the Grand Council of Bern · Member of the Swiss National Council (2014-2015) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2017-2023) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Siegenthaler				[sources]
Address	Berne · Eggiwil				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-16	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Gemeinderat Rüti bei Büren: von Januar 1996 bis Dezember 2000; Legislative Kanton: von Juni 1998 bis Oktober 2014; Präsident der Finanzkommission des Kantons Bern: von 2007 bis 2011; Präsident Mitte Sektion Region Büren: seit 2016

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Council	2017-09-11	-
Member of the Swiss National Council	2017-09-11

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-1eba1da4-157c-498e-8505-b079d8fbc20c · ch-parl-councillor-4146

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