Balthasar Glättli
Nationalrat Balthasar Glättli | |
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![]() Balthasar Glättli (2019) | |
Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 5 December 2011 | |
President of the Green Party of Switzerland | |
Assumed office 20 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Regula Rytz |
Personal details | |
Born | Zürich, Switzerland | 12 February 1972
Nationality | Swiss |
Political party | Green Party of Switzerland |
Spouse(s) | Min Li Marti |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Zürich,[1] Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
Alma mater | University of Zurich |
Occupation | politician |
Profession | web designer |
Website | balthasar-glaettli |
Balthasar Glättli (born 12 February 1972) is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the National Council and, since June 2020, the president of the Green Party of Switzerland.
Political career[]
Glättli joined the Green Party of Switzerland in 1991 and was elected as board member of the cantonal section in Zürich. Between 1998 and 2011 he represented Zürich-Seefeld in the parliament of the city of Zürich.[2] He was elected to the National Council in the Swiss federal election in October 2011, and re-elected in October 2015. Since December 2013, he is President of the Green parliamentarian Group.[3] From 2004 to 2008 Glättli was co-president of the cantonal GPS party,[1] in co-operation with Marlies Bänziger.
On 20 June 2020, he was elected President of the Green Party, succeeding Regula Rytz.[4]
Mandatory work[]
Between 2010 and 2012 Glättli was in charge of the campaigns of the Swiss Union of Public Service Personnel,[5] and currently he presides the Mieterverband Deutschschweiz, the Swiss German section of the union of tenants, and is vice-president of the Swiss national Mieterverband.[6] He is a member of various NGO's like the Erklärung von Bern, Amnesty International Switzerland and Greenpeace Switzerland.
Personal life[]
Balthasar Glättli graduated Maturität at the gymnasium in Wetzikon in 1991, and studied philosophy, linguistics and German literature at the University of Zurich. Glättli directs a web design and consulting company,[5] is married to the Swiss politician Min Li Marti. They live with their daughter in Zürich-Wipkingen.[1][7][8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Lebenslauf Balthasar Glättli" (in German). balthasar-glaettli.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Gemeinderat Zürich (7 November 2016). "Profil Balthasar Glättli im Gemeinderat Zürich" (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ parlament.ch. "Green Group". Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Balthasar Glättli succède à Regula Rytz à la présidence des Verts suisses" (in French). RTS. 21 June 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Glättli, Balthasar (13 June 2011). "Das Team". Politbüro Kampagnen&Webdesign (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "FIFA, Bundesgericht als Mieterfreund, EM-Taktik" (in German). 10vor10. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Hohler, Stefan (20 October 2015). "Ein Polit-Ehepaar im Nationalrat". Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Nationalräte Marti und Glättli sind jetzt Eltern". Tages Anzeiger. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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