Christian Josia Maria Dieter Imark commonly known as Christian Imark (born 29 January 1982) is a Swiss businessman and politician. He currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) for the

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

since 2015. In 2001, Imark was elected as the youngest member into the Cantonal Council of Solothurn, aged 19. He served until 2015 when he was elected into National Council. He also served as the youngest president of the Cantonal Council in its history in 2012.

Early life and education

Imark was born 29 January 1982 in

Breitenbach, Switzerland Breitenbach (High Alemannic: ''Bräitebach'') is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. There are two train stations near Breitenbach, the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen. As with m ...

. He completed an apprenticeship at

Von Roll Holding Von Roll Holding AG is a Swiss industrial group that operates worldwide. It was founded in 1803. As one of Switzerland’s longest-established industrial companies, Von Roll focuses today on products and systems for electrical applications such ...

and then studied

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

with a major in management at

Bern University of Applied Sciences The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS, German: ''Berner Fachhochschule BFH'', French: ''Haute école spécialisée bernoise HESB'') is a public vocational university with a strong national and international profile. It comprises six depa ...

in Burgdorf. In 2010 he additionally completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) at

Zurich University of Applied Sciences The Zürich University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Zürcher Fachhochschule'', ZFH) is a governing body composed of four separate universities. It is located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zürich and Wädenswil, is the second la ...

Communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

Career

In 2008, Imark returned to his former employer

and took a position in

quality management Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service consistently functions well. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not only ...

in the department of wire production. Until 2016 he held the position of Global Customer Manager in this company. Since 2013, Imark is owner and managing director of Airboxx GmbH (Airboxx, LLC) which is primarily active in event management. Since 2015 he is the president of the Solothurn chapter of the Swiss Road Transportation Association (ASTAG).

References

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