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Peter Weigelt

Politician

Peter Weigelt 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	Peter Weigelt · پيتير ويجيلت				[sources]
Alias	Weigelt, Peter				[sources]
Birth date	1956-02-19				[sources]
Place of birth	St. Gall · St. Gallen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Last name	Weigelt				[sources]
Political association	Free Democratic Party of Switzerland · PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1607104				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2006) · National Council (member, 2003-2006)				[sources]
Religion	Weigelt				[sources]
Address	St-Gall				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Grosser Gemeinderat St. Gallen von 1988 bis 1990, Kantonsrat St. Gallen von 1990 bis 1996

— 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	2003-12-01	2006-09-15

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,107

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,151

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,039

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,908

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-366 · evpo-7de80026-7b4a-4b8f-ae4f-9e461857c00f

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