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Michaël Buffat

Politician

Michaël Buffat 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	Michaël Buffat · مايكل بوفات				[sources]
Other name	Buffat, Michaël				[sources]
Birth date	1979-09-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Yverdon-les-Bains				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	michael.buffat@parl.ch				[sources]
First name	Michaël				[sources]
Last name	Buffat				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21294587				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Buffat				[sources]
Address	Vaud · Vuarrens				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	2015-11-30	2027-12-05
Member of the Swiss National Council	2015-11-30

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,954

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly902

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,163

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,700

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,882

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-4156 · evpo-50d3f2d7-9159-46c9-a28b-8780b24eab2a

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