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Rocco Cattaneo

Politician

Rocco Cattaneo 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	Rocco Cattaneo · Рокко Каттанео · روكو كاتانيو				[sources]
Alias	Cattaneo, Rocco · Rocco Nicola Luigi Cattaneo · Каттанео, Рокко				[sources]
Birth date	1958-12-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Lugano				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Rocco				[sources]
Last name	Cattaneo				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	German · Italian				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · lic. oec. publ.				[sources]
Website	roccocattaneo.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q41230314				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2017-2023) · National Council (member, 2015-) · president (2017-)				[sources]
Religion	Cattaneo				[sources]
Address	Bironico · Tessin				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislativo del Comune di Bironico: da aprile 1984 ad aprile 2000; Presidente PLRT: da settembre 2012 a febbraio 2017; Membro del Consiglio Distrettuale PLR di Lugano: a partire da novembre 2016

— 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	2017-11-27	2023-12-03

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-be0b109b-0caa-437c-ada7-6522ef3b3fc9 · ch-parl-councillor-4217

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