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Markus Ruf

Politician

Markus Ruf 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	Markus Ruf · ماركوس روف				[sources]
Birth date	1959-08-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Langenthal				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Markus				[sources]
Last name	Ruf				[sources]
Political association	Swiss Democrats				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. iur.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1901753				[sources]
Position	Member of the Grand Council of Bern · Member of the Swiss National Council (1983-1999)				[sources]
Religion	Ruf				[sources]
Address	Berne · Murgenthal · Wynau				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-01-16	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Stadtrat Bern 1982, Grossrat Bern von 1982 bis 1984 und von 1986 bis 1993

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly898

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,945

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Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-182

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