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Thomas Burgherr

Politician

Thomas Burgherr 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	Thomas Burgherr · توماس بورجير				[sources]
Alias	Burgherr, Thomas				[sources]
Birth date	1962-08-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Zofingen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	thomas.burgherr@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Thomas				[sources]
Last name	Burgherr				[sources]
Phone	+41627581209 · +41793448027				[sources]
Political association	Swiss People's Party · Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Eidg. dipl. Zimmermeister				[sources]
Website	www.burgherrag.ch · www.thomasburgherr.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21181009				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Burgherr				[sources]
Address	Argovie · Schmiedrued				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Präsidium; Vizeammann in Wiliberg: von 1992 bis 2000; Grossrat Kt. Aargau: von 1997 bis 2015; Kommission Bildung, Kultur und Sport: von 1997 bis 2005; Kommission Fachhochschule: von 1997 bis 2001; Kommissionspräsident GPK: von 2005 bis 2009; Kommissionsmitglied Volkswirtschaft und Abgaben: von 2009 bis 2015

— 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	2015-11-30	2019-12-01

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,968

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly900

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,004

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,666

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-4158 · evpo-cf809e64-809b-4381-b607-6d7348a62d3a

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