Balthasar Glättli

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Balthasar Glättli (2019)

Balthasar Glättli (born February 12, 1972 in Zurich ; legal resident there ) is a Swiss politician ( GPS ).

education and profession

After the classical languages Matura at the Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland Wetzikon Glättli began a study of philosophy , linguistics and German literature at the University of Zurich , the study did not lead to an end. He founded his own internet consulting company, then worked as lead research and development at eProduction AG until 2002. From May 2003 to August 2010 he was political secretary of Solidarité sans frontières , then until the end of June 2012 as head of campaigns and advertising at the VPOD . He officially dropped out of his studies in 2015.

Political commitment

Glättli (right) in an interview on the day of the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019

From 1998 to 2011 Glättli was councilor of the city of Zurich, from 1998 to August 2004 parliamentary group president of the Greens / AL in the council of the city of Zurich (city parliament). From 2003 to 2004 he was Co-President of the GBZ ( Trade Union Federation City of Zurich ). From June 12, 2004 to the beginning of 2008 he was co-president of the Green Canton of Zurich together with Marlies Bänziger ; his election triggered the founding of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland . Before that, he showed political commitment to the Greens, to Zaf! Züri car-free and in various other organizations. For the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2011 he was the official candidate for the Council of States and the National Council of the Zurich Green Party and was elected to the National Council. He has been a member of the State Political Commission (SPK-N) there since 2011 . Accordingly, asylum and immigration policy is one of his priorities. For several years was also a member of the Security Commission (SiK) . In addition, Glättli made a name for himself in network politics , for example he was the first Swiss politician to demand that network neutrality be legally established .

On November 26, 2013, the Green parliamentary group of the Federal Assembly elected him its President. As parliamentary group president he was also a member of the office of the National Council (NR) . On May 29, 2020, Glättli resigned from the office of parliamentary group president because this was not compatible with the intended election as party president.

In April 2014, Glättli made its metadata from six months of monitoring available for a visualization of data retention in Switzerland. The visualization was published by the digital society in collaboration with Arte , Schweiz am Sonntag and watson.ch , among others .

On June 20, 2020, he was elected by the delegates of the Green Party at an online delegates' meeting to succeed Regula Rytz as President of Green Switzerland.

Further commitment

Glättli has been Vice President of the Swiss Tenants Association (SMV) since 2013 and President of the Tenants Association of German-speaking Switzerland (MVD) since 2014. He is also co-president of promembro (representing the interests of prosthesis wearers ).

Private

He is the brother of the cellist Kaspar Singer and married to the SP politician and journalist Min Li Marti . The two have a daughter. Glättli was shaped by a serious illness in his childhood. At the age of seven he was in hospital with blood cancer, with a 50% chance of survival. Since then, his recovery has been an obligation to stand up for others.

Publications

literature

Web links

Commons : Balthasar Glättli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Sturzenegger: The very last chance for the eternal students. In: Tages-Anzeiger . April 24, 2015, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  2. ^ Glättli Balthasar - National Councilor - Canton of Zurich. In: www.parlament.ch. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Article on asylum. In: Balthasar Glättli's website. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Telecommunications Act. Statutory definition of net neutrality. In: www.parlament.ch. Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Dominik Meier: The steep ascent of the green Balthasar Glättli. In: SRF . November 26, 2013, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  6. ^ Glättli Balthasar - National Councilor - Canton of Zurich. In: www.parlament.ch. Retrieved November 13, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Press release GREEN Switzerland: New parliamentary group presidium and ways out of the Corona crisis. In: www.gruene.ch. GREEN Switzerland, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Data retention - The monitored life of National Councilor Balthasar Glättli: Interactive visualization for data retention in Switzerland. In: Digital Society. April 27, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Sylke Gruhnwald : What the reserve data reveal. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 27, 2014, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Michael Heim: The glass National Council. In: Switzerland on Sunday . April 26, 2014, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Manuel Bühlmann & Oliver Wietlisbach: Where has Mr. Glättli been for the last six months? In: watson.ch . April 26, 2014, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/gruenech/status/1274266562376196096. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
  13. ↑ GREEN Switzerland: Balthasar Glättli new president of the GREEN. In: www.gruene.ch. June 20, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  14. ^ Website B. Glättli: Balthasar Glättli's curriculum vitae . In: Balthasar Glättli (GREEN) . May 9, 2009 ( balthasar-glaettli.ch [accessed June 5, 2017]).
  15. ↑ club promembro. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Thomas Wyss: A colored two-party system. In: Tages-Anzeiger . April 1, 2011, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  17. ↑ National Councilors Marti and Glättli are now parents . In: Tages Anzeiger , January 27, 2018. 
  18. ^ Jan Vontobel: Colon radio interview Balthasar Glättli. Radio1, March 29, 2020, accessed on April 9, 2020 (Swiss-German).
personal data
SURNAME Glättli, Balthasar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (GPS)
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich