Christian Imark | |
Birth Name: | Christian Josia Maria Dieter Imark |
Office: | Member of the National Council (Switzerland) |
Termstart: | 30 November 2015 |
Constituency: | Canton of Solothurn |
Office2: | Member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn |
Termstart2: | 2001 |
Termend2: | 2015 |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Breitenbach, Switzerland |
Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Businessman, politician |
Website: | (in German) |
Spouse: | Carmen Schmidhalter |
Party: | Swiss People's Party |
Residence: | Fehren, Switzerland |
Alma Mater: | Bern University of Applied Sciences |
Christian Josia Maria Dieter Imark[1] 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 since 2015.[2] In 2001, Imark was elected as the youngest member into the Cantonal Council of Solothurn at age 19.[3] He started serving in 2015 when he was elected into National Council. He also served as the youngest president of the Cantonal Council in its history in 2012.[4] [5]
Imark was born 29 January 1982, in Breitenbach, Switzerland. He completed an apprenticeship at Von Roll Holding and then studied Architecture with a major in management at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Burgdorf. In 2010, he completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Communications.[6] [7]
In 2008, Imark returned to his former job under Von Roll Holding and took a position in quality management of the wire production department. He held the position of Global Customer Manager in this company until 2016.[8] Imark is also the owner and managing director of his own company called Airboxx GmbH (Airboxx, LLC) in 2013, which is a group primarily active in event management.[9] Since 2015, he is also the president of the Solothurn chapter of the Swiss Road Transportation Association (ASTAG).[10]