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Benedikt Würth

Politician

Benedikt Würth 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	Benedikt Würth · بينيديكت ورث · 베네딕트 뷔르트				[sources]
Alias	Benedikt Wuerth · Benedikt Wurth · Beni Würth				[sources]
Birth date	1968-01-20				[sources]
Place of birth	St. Gall · St. Gallen				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland · Italy				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Benedikt				[sources]
Last name	Würth				[sources]
Political association	Le Centre				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Député au Conseil des Etats · lic.iur. HSG / M.B.L.-HSG				[sources]
Website	www.beni-wuerth.ch · www.beni-wuerth.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q817011				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss Council of States (2019-)				[sources]
Religion	Würth				[sources]
Address	Berg (SG) · Rapperswil-Jona · St-Gall				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-19	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Mitglied Fraktionsvorstand

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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

Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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