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Markus Wäfler

Politician

Markus Wäfler 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 Wäfler · ماركوس وافلير				[sources]
Alias	Markus Waefler · Markus Wafler · Wäfler, Markus				[sources]
Weak alias	Wäfler				[sources]
Birth date	1948-12-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Diemtigen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Markus				[sources]
Last name	Wäfler				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · ing. agr. HTL				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1901891				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2003-2007)				[sources]
Religion	Wäfler Markus				[sources]
Address	Diemtigen · Zurich				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Präsident der EDU-ZH von 1984 bis 1992

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,845

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,925

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,602

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-1128 · evpo-5f92a3db-b6db-4ce4-87f5-e70f948d7927

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