Christian Wasserfallen
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Christian Wasserfallen | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the National Council (Switzerland) | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | Canton of Bern |
| Vice-chair of The Liberals | |
| In office 21 April 2012 – 31 December 2019 | |
| President | Philipp Müller Petra Gössi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christian Wasserfallen 30 June 1981 Bern, Switzerland |
| Political party | The Liberals |
| Spouse | Alexandra Thalhammer |
| Parent | Kurt Wasserfallen (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Bern Bern University of Applied Sciences |
| Occupation | Businessman, mechanical engineer, politician |
| Website | Official website Parliament website |
Christian Wasserfallen[1] (Swiss Standard German: [ˈkrɪsti.a(ː)n ˈvasərˌfalən]; born 30 June 1981) is a Swiss businessman, engineer and politician who currently served on the National Council (Switzerland) for The Liberals since 2007.[2] He concurrently served as vice-chair of The Liberals (Switzerland) from 2012 to 2019.[3] He is likely not related to Flavia Wasserfallen who serves on the Council of States (Switzerland).[4][5]
Wasserfallen was born 30 June 1981 in Bern, Switzerland, the younger of two sons, to Kurt Wasserfallen (1947–2006), a chemist with a PhD and politician who later also served on the National Council, and Margret Wasserfallen (née Weilenmann; born 1948).[6] His older brother, Peter Wasserfallen (born 1980), served on the city council of Bern, from 2009 to 2012 (initially a member of the Swiss People's Party, he changed his affiliation to independent).[7]
He completed his Matura in 2001 and subsequently studied physics at the University of Bern for two semesters before switching his major to mechanical engineering. In 2007, he graduated from the Bern University of Applied Sciences.