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Urs Gasche

Politician

Urs Gasche 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	Urs Gasche · ارس جاستش				[sources]
Alias	Gasche, Urs				[sources]
Birth date	1955-03-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Bern · Berne				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Urs				[sources]
Last name	Gasche				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland · Parti bourgeois-démocratique suisse · Swiss People's Party				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Rechtsanwalt				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q63449				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2011-2015) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2017) · National Council (member, 2011-2015) · National Council (member, 2015-2017)				[sources]
Religion	Gasche				[sources]
Address	Berne · Derendingen · Oekingen				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Mitglied des Vorstandes der BDP Schweiz; Mitglied des Vorstandes der BDP Sektion Fraubrunnen; Exekutive der Gemeinde Fraubrunnen: von 1990 bis 2001; Gemeindepräsident: von 1994 bis 2001; Exekutive des Kantons (Regierungsrat): von September 2001 bis Mai 2010; Präsident der BDP Kanton Bern: von Juni 2010 bis März 2011

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician and lawyer

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2015-12-08	2017-06-30

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly898

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 OpenSanctions505,060

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-663378f8-8716-443b-a6b7-8c03200e77cc · ch-parl-councillor-4071

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