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Walter Straumann

Judge · Politician

Walter Straumann 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	Walter Straumann · والتر ستراومان				[sources]
Birth date	1943-05-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Fehren				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Walter				[sources]
Last name	Straumann				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. iur.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2546433				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Religion	Straumann Walter				[sources]
Address	Fehren · Obergösgen · Soleure				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Gemeinderat SO von 1971 bis 1975Verfassungsrat von 1981 bis 1986; Präsident regionales Altersheim

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Swiss National Council	-	-

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,553

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,579

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-bcc0a3e6-987a-41a3-a5e4-ae0ede413df4 · ch-parl-councillor-357

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