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Giovanni Merlini

Politician

Giovanni Merlini 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	Giovanni Merlini · جيوڤانى ميرلينى				[sources]
Alias	Merlini, Giovanni				[sources]
Birth date	1962-05-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Locarno				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Giovanni				[sources]
Last name	Merlini				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German · Italian				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. iur.				[sources]
Website	www.giovannimerlini.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q29044353				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2014-2019) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of Bern				[sources]
Religion	Merlini				[sources]
Address	Minusio · Tessin				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Presidente del PRL Ticino: da febbraio 2000 a gennaio 2010; Consiglio comunale (Minusio): da aprile 1992 ad aprile 1996; Municipio (Minusio): da aprile 1996 ad aprile 2000; Gran Consiglio: da aprile 1995 ad aprile 2011

— 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	2014-03-10	2019-12-01

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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