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Franz Ruppen

Politician

Franz Ruppen 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	Franz Ruppen · فرانز روپين				[sources]
Alias	Ruppen, Franz				[sources]
Birth date	1971-02-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Sierre				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Franz				[sources]
Last name	Ruppen				[sources]
Political association	Union Démocratique du Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. iur.				[sources]
Website	www.franz-ruppen.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21294822				[sources]
Position	Councillor of State of Valais (2021-) · Member of the Grand Council of the canton of Valais (2005-2015) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2021) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Ruppen				[sources]
Address	Naters · Valais				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Parteipräsident SVP Oberwallis (SVPO): von 2005 bis November 2020 Parteivorstand SVP Oberwallis (SVPO): seit November 2020 Mitglied Fraktionsvorstand SVP-Bundeshausfraktion; Gemeinderat Naters (Exekutive): bis Ende 2016; Gemeindepräsident Naters (Exekutive): seit 1. Januar 2017; Fraktionschef SVPO im Grossrat des Kantons Wallis: bis November 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	2019-12-02	2021-04-30

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,156

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,064

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

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 OpenSanctions552,903

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-4170 · evpo-0e2ab785-0cf9-4a54-a012-2ac647409fc0

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