Basil Oberholzer

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Basil Oberholzer (* 1990 ; resident in Tablat ) is a Swiss politician ( Greens ).

Life

Basil Oberholzer grew up in the Heiligkreuz district in St. Gallen . After studying economics at the University of Zurich , he did community service in the Solidarity House in Eastern Switzerland . He then wrote his dissertation on monetary policy and the oil market at the University of Freiburg . Oberholzer lives in St. Gallen and works as an economist at the Federal Office for the Environment in Bern .

politics

Basil Oberholzer was politicized in the noughties in the context of the movement critical of globalization and the social and environmental forum in Eastern Switzerland .

From 2011 to 2018 he was a member of the city ​​parliament of St. Gallen, where he was a member of the works committee from 2011 to 2016.

In 2016, Basil Oberholzer was elected to the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen , where he has been a substitute member of the editorial committee since 2016 and a member of the interest group IG Nature and Environment of the Cantonal Council since 2017 .

Basil Oberholzer was co-initiator and campaign leader of the urban sprawl initiative submitted by the Young Greens in 2016 and rejected in the vote on February 10, 2019 .

Basil Oberholzer was a board member of the St. Gallen cantonal trade union federation and is a board member of the St. Gallen Green Party.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c “Urban sprawl is the topic of the hour” . In: woz.ch . May 26, 2016 ( woz.ch [accessed December 10, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b champions for green initiatives . In: tagblatt.ch . January 22, 2019 ( tagblatt.ch [accessed December 10, 2019]).
  3. ^ Members: Basil Oberholzer. City of St. Gallen, accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  4. ^ Council info: Basil Oberholzer. Canton of St. Gallen, accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The duel over the building blocks . In: woz.ch . January 17, 2019 ( woz.ch [accessed December 10, 2019]).
  6. ↑ People: Basil Oberholzer. Young Green Switzerland, accessed December 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Oberholzer, Basil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (GPS)
DATE OF BIRTH 1990