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Christoph Eymann

Politician

Christoph Eymann 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	Christoph Eymann · كريستوف ايمان				[sources]
Alias	Eymann, Christoph				[sources]
Birth date	1951-01-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Basel · Bâle				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Christoph				[sources]
Last name	Eymann				[sources]
Political association	FDP.The Liberals · Liberal Party of Switzerland · Parti libéral démocrate				[sources]
Spoken language	German				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Dr. iur.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q119566				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1991-2001) · Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2021) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of Basel				[sources]
Religion	Eymann				[sources]
Address	Bâle · Bâle-Ville				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Weiterer Bürgerrat: von 1989 bis 1991; Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt: von 1984 bis 1995; Verfassungsrat Basel-Stadt: 1999 bis 2001; Regierungsrat Basel-Stadt: 2001 bis 2017

— Swiss Federal Assembly, 2025-10-13

Swiss politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Conseil national	2015-11-30	2019-12-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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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

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,644

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,383

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata325,932

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-74 · evpo-97f11956-e81c-4439-be37-84828eaf345b

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