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Walter Hess

Politician

Walter Hess 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	Walter Hess · Уолтер Хесс · والتر هيس				[sources]
Birth date	1949-10-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Niederuzwil				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
First name	Walter				[sources]
Last name	Hess				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18413556				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Religion	Hess Walter				[sources]
Address	St-Gall · Wuppenau				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2025-10-13

Descriptions

CVP; Gemeinderat 1988 -; Kantonsrat 1992 - 2000, Grossratspräsident Sankt Gallen 1999/2000

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-15

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Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-475

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