Christophe Darbellay (born 7 March 1971) is a Swiss

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. Since 2017, he is a member of the

cantonal The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confe ...

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of the

Canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the Sw ...

. From 2003–2015, he was member of the Swiss National Council, and from 2006–2016 he was the president of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC).

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Christophe Darbellay on the official website
of the canton Valais 1971 births Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians {{Switzerland-politician-stub