Benedict Würth
Benedikt Würth (born January 20, 1968 in St. Gallen , resident in Berg SG and Rapperswil-Jona ) is a Swiss politician ( CVP ).
Life
Benedikt Würth attended the Friedberg grammar school in Gossau SG , after which he completed his law studies at the University of St. Gallen , where he obtained a lic.iur. HSG graduated. In addition, Würth completed a postgraduate degree in international and European business law (MBL HSG).
Würth is married, lives in Rapperswil-Jona and has two children.
politics
In 1996, Benedikt Würth was elected to the cantonal council for the CVP, where he chaired the CVP parliamentary group from 2008 to 2011. In 2000 he became the mayor of Jona selected. As mayor, he played a key role in the merger of the two communities of Rapperswil and Jona. From 2007, Würth then served as mayor of the merged Rapperswil-Jona .
In 2011, Benedikt Würth was elected as the successor to Josef Keller as a member of the government of the Canton of St. Gallen. From April 1, 2011, he took over the economics department of the Canton of St.Gallen. In 2016 he moved to the finance department. He has been President of the Conference of Cantonal Finance Directors since 2017.
On May 19, 2019 , Würth was elected to the Council of States to succeed Karin Keller-Sutter . On November 17, 2019 , he was confirmed in this office in the second ballot with 77,893 votes.
Web links
- Benedikt Würth on the website of the Federal Assembly
- Website from Benedikt Würth
- Commitments of interests of Benedikt Würth on lobbywatch.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ CVP Canton St.Gallen Benedikt Würth. Retrieved May 15, 2011 .
- ↑ Benedikt Würth succeeds Josef Keller. (No longer available online.) Portal Kanton St.Gallen sg.ch, March 31, 2011, archived from the original on November 3, 2014 ; accessed on May 15, 2011 (German).
- ↑ Würth changes to the finance department. Portal Kanton St.Gallen sg.ch, May 3, 2016, accessed on January 7, 2019 (German).
- ↑ The new Council of States of the Canton of St.Gallen is called Benedikt Würth , Die Ostschweiz online, May 19, 2019
- ↑ Canton of St. Gallen - Würth and Rechsteiner remain St. Gallen Councilors of States , SRF from November 19, 2019
National Councilors: Thomas Ammann | Toni Brunner (until December 2018) | Roland Rino Büchel | Jakob Büchler (until March 2018) | Marcel Dobler | Mike Egger (from March 2019) | Claudia Friedl | Barbara Gysi | Barbara Keller-Inhelder | Thomas Müller | Walter Müller | Nicolo Paganini (from March 2018) | Lukas Reimann | Markus Ritter
Councilors of States : Karin Keller-Sutter (until December 2018) | Paul Rechsteiner | Benedikt Würth (from May 2019)
List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 50th legislative period | List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 50th legislative period
National Councilors: Thomas Brunner | Roland Rino Büchel | Marcel Dobler | Mike Egger | Claudia Friedl | Esther Friedli | Barbara Gysi | Nicolo Paganini | Lukas Reimann | Markus Ritter | Franziska Ryser | Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher
Councilors of States: Paul Rechsteiner | Benedict Würth
List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 51st legislative period | List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 51st legislative period
Bruno Damann (CVP) | Fredy Fässler (SP) | Heidi Hanselmann (SP) | Martin Klöti (FDP) | Stefan Kölliker (SVP) | Marc Mächler (FDP) | Benedikt Würth (CVP)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Würth, Benedict |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (CVP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th January 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |