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Géraldine Marchand-Balet

Politician

Géraldine Marchand-Balet 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	Géraldine Marchand-Balet · جيرالدين مارتشاند باليت				[sources]
Alias	Geraldine Marchand-Balet · Marchand-Balet, Géraldine				[sources]
Birth date	1971-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Sion				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Switzerland				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Citizenship	Switzerland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Géraldine				[sources]
Last name	Balet · Marchand · Marchand-Balet				[sources]
Political association	Christian Democratic People's Party · Parti démocrate-chrétien suisse				[sources]
Spoken language	French				[sources]
Title	Conseillère nationale				[sources]
Website	www.geraldine-marchand-balet.ch				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q21294744				[sources]
Position	Member of the Swiss National Council (2015-2019) · National Council (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Religion	Marchand-Balet				[sources]
Address	Grimisuat · Valais				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Membre du Conseil de parti du PDC Valais romand; Déléguée au PDC Suisse; vice-présidente de Grimisuat: depuis 2005 jusqu'à 2008; conseillère communale de Grimisuat: depuis 2001 jusqu'à 2004; députée au Grand Conseil: depuis 2013 jusqu'à 2015; Présidente de Grimisuat: dès 2009

— 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 Categories339,148

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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

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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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: evpo-b3d49813-6480-4a11-aa6c-3468fbeb16ac · ch-parl-councillor-4183

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