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Roger Golay

Politician

Roger Golay 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	Roger Golay · روجير جولاى				[sources]
Alias	Golay, Roger				[sources]
Birth date	1959-09-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Geneva · Genève				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	roger.golay@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Roger				[sources]
Last name	Golay				[sources]
Political association	Mouvement Citoyens Genevois				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16269596				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2013-2019) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2023-) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Golay Roger				[sources]
Address	Genève · Le Chenit				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Président Mouvement Citoyens Genevois: depuis avril 2011 jusqu'à avril 2016; Législatif cantonal: depuis septembre 2005 jusqu'à novembre 2013; Conseiller municipal (Ville de Lancy): depuis 2007 jusqu'à 2016; député

— 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	2023-12-04	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,065

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c741ad9d-991c-43bc-96f2-47a832de43bf · ch-parl-councillor-4137

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