Daniel Vischer (16 January 1950 – 17 January 2017) was a Swiss politician. He represented the

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. He was elected to the National Council in 2003, and was reelected twice in 2007 and 2011. His term ended in 2015. (archived) Born in

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, Vischer was the son of jurist Frank Vischer (1923–2015). He was married and had two children. Vischer died from

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on 17 January 2017, a day after his 67th birthday, in

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