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Yves Christen

Politician

Yves Christen 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	Yves Christen · إيف كريستن · ياڤيس كريستين				[sources]
Alias	Christen, Yves				[sources]
Birth date	1941-07-13				[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	Yves				[sources]
Last name	Christen				[sources]
Political association	PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseiller national · Ing. civ. EPFZ				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q120021				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (1995-2006) · National Council (member, 2003-2006) · President of the Swiss National Council				[sources]
Education	ETH Zurich				[sources]
Religion	Christen Yves				[sources]
Address	Cortaillod · Langnau im Emmental · Vaud				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Conseiller communal: 1977 à 1985; Conseiller municipal: 1985 à 2001; Député: 1981 à 1985; Syndic: 1990 à 2001

— 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	2003-12-01	2006-12-03

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,134

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss Federal Assembly901

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Switzerland · Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,018

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,694

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,654

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-parl-councillor-311 · evpo-8c1e967b-c1b2-47e4-9994-d4390fc6a5b8

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