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Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi

Politician

Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi 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	Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi · Кьяра Симонески-Кортези · كيارا سيمونيسكي كورتيسى				[sources]
Alias	Clara Simoneschi-Cortesi · Simoneschi-Cortesi, Chiara · Симонески-Кортези, Кьяра				[sources]
Weak alias	Simoneschi · Simoneschi-Cortesi				[sources]
Birth date	1946-04-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Zurich				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Chiara				[sources]
Last name	Cortesi · Simoneschi · Simoneschi-Cortesi				[sources]
Political association	Parti démocrate-chrétien suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	French · Italian				[sources]
Title	- · Conseillère nationale				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q468835				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1999-2011) · National Council (member, 2003-2007) · National Council (member, 2007-2011) · President of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Religion	Simoneschi-Cortesi				[sources]
Address	Lugano · Tessin				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Legislativo comunale: dal 1984 al 1998 (presidente: 1996/1997); Legislativo cantonale (Gran Consiglio): da aprile 1987 a novembre 1999 (presidente: 1998/1999)

— 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	1999-12-06	2011-12-04

Data sources

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · 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

Source data IDs: evpo-fbc41be7-55a1-48cc-8507-981f09a86ce0 · ch-parl-councillor-511

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