# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-thurnherr
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:03.132Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-thurnherr"
name: "Walter Thurnherr"
slug: "walter-thurnherr"
description: "Walter Thurnherr is a Swiss government official who served as Chancellor of Switzerland from 2016 to 2023. Although he holds a traditionally nonpartisan office, he was elected as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC). When it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, Thurnherr joined the new party."
tagline: "Swiss diplomat and senior civil servant, Federal Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation (2016-2023)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump