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Trix Heberlein | |
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Member of the Council of States of Switzerland | |
In office December 1, 2003 – December 2, 2007 | |
Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office March 13, 1991 – November 11, 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | St. Gallen, Switzerland | 17 July 1942
Political party | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Alma mater | University of Zurich |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Trix Heberlein-Ruff (born 17 July 1942 in St. Gallen[1]) is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a former president of the National Council of Switzerland.
Life and career
[edit]Heberlein attended primary school in Teufen, later cantonal school in St. Gallen and earned her Matura in 1961.[2] She subsequently studied law at the University of Zurich and earned a license degree in 1965. Later she took the lawyer exam.[3]
Political career
[edit]Heberlein was elected into the Cantonal Council of Zurich in 1979[3] which she was a part of until 1991. From 1991 to 2003, she was a member of the National Council[1] which she chaired from November 1998 to December 1999.[1] Then she represented the canton of Zurich in the Council of States from 2003 to 2007.[4] On 20 December 2006, she announced she would retire by the end of her term. From 1998 to 2014, Heberlein chaired the foundation Swisstransplant that promotes organ donation.[5] After she resigned from the Council of States she was the president of Zewo , a foundation which certifies NGO's. between 2008 and 2015.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Since 1967 she has been married to lawyer Robert Heberlin, with whom she has two daughters. She is a proficient skier and during her political career she organized several Ski races between Swiss parliamentarians, and interparliamenetarian races with members of the parliaments of either Austria or Great Britain.[7] Her places of origin are Zumikon and Wattwil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ Lockett, Alexandria (2019-07-05). "Why do I have Authority to Edit the Page? The Politics of User Agency and Participation on Wikipedia". Wikipedia @ 20.
- ^ a b "Trix Heberlein (fdp.)". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Abschied vom Bundeshaus". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ Rederer, Katharina (March 2014). "«Es war eine Riesenarbeit»" (PDF). Swisstransplant News (in German). No. 22. p. 9.
- ^ "Kurt Grüter succède à Trix Heberlein à la présidence de Zewo". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "Fesch ist sie, die Schweiz". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 February 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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