Christophe Darbellay (born 7 March 1971) in Martigny is a Swiss politician, member of The Centre.
Since 2017 he has been State Councillor in charge of the Department of Economy and Education in the Valais government.
Christophe Darbellay (born 7 March 1971) in Martigny is a Swiss politician, member of The Centre.
Since 2017 he has been State Councillor in charge of the Department of Economy and Education in the Valais government.
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Raclette is a dish of Swiss origin, also popular in the other Alpine countries, based on heating cheese and scraping off the melted part, then typically served with boiled potatoes. Raclette cheese is historically a dish originating from the canton of Valais in Switzerland. This cheese from Valais benefits from an AOP. Raclette cheese is also a Swiss-type cheese marketed specifically to be used for this dish.
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Ensemble Sortisatio is a quartet founded by violist Matthias Sannemüller in 1992 in Leipzig, Germany. Its members are mostly soloists at the MDR Symphony Orchestra. They have specialized in contemporary classical music.
Jean-Luc Darbellay is a Swiss composer, conductor, clarinetist and physician. He was chairman of the Swiss Society for New Music and board member of the International Society for Contemporary Music. Darbellay is a member of the composers group: Groupe Lacroix. He has published about 150 works. He was awarded with the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
The Couches de Saint Christophe are a sedimentary formation deposited between the Late Cretaceous and the Paleogene. It is a very monotonous sequence of calcitic sandstones and black schists. These are interpreted as a turbidite sequence. The average thickness of the unit is 500 m. The Couches de Saint Christophe are a post-rift sequence that overlies the Couches des Marmontains.
Cantonal Bank of Valais is a Swiss cantonal bank of the Swiss canton of Valais. It is part of the 24 cantonal banks serving Switzerland's 26 cantons. The bank was founded in 1916.
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Viola Patricia Amherd is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 since 1 January. She is the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Amherd was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) before it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, which she joined.
Gerhard Michael Pfister is a Swiss educator and politician who currently serves as a member of the National Council for The Centre since 2003. In 2016, he succeeded Christophe Darbellay as president of The Centre. Pfister is currently also co-president of the Swiss Private School Association and founder and controlling shareholder of the day school Elementa Zug which is deemed for highly gifted children.
Darbellay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Denis Darbellay is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Police Tero. Born in Switzerland, he plays for Thailand internationally.
