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Nik Gugger

Politician

Nik Gugger 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	Nik Gugger · Niklaus-Samuel Gugger · نيك جوجير · নিক গাগার				[sources]
Alias	Gugger, Niklaus-Samuel · Nick Gugger · Nik Gugger · Niklaus-Samuel Gugger				[sources]
Birth date	1970-05-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Udupi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · India				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	niklaus-samuel.gugger@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Nik · Niklaus-Samuel				[sources]
Last name	Gugger				[sources]
Political association	Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland · Parti évangélique suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. h.c.				[sources]
Website	www.nikgugger.ch · nikgugger.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18132152				[sources]
Position	Member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich (2014-2017) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2017-) · Member of the Winterthur Municipal Council (2002-2014) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Gugger				[sources]
Address	Heimenschwand · Zurich				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Vize Präsident EVP Schweiz; Legislative der Gemeinde: Gemeinderat Winterthur 2002 bis 2014; Legislative des Kantons: Kantonsrat Zürich 2014 bis 2017

— 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	2017-11-27	-
Member of the Swiss National Council	2017-11-27

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,151

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,107

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Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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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: evpo-09f9a080-e7b7-48b0-a9cb-31e5ed92db75 · ch-parl-councillor-4214

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