Dorle Vallender

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National Councilor Dorle Vallender

Dorle Vallender (born November 1, 1941 in Hagen , resident in Trogen , Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP ). She was a member of the National Council from 1995 to 2003 and the first woman to represent the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in the federal parliament .

Education, job and private life

Dorle Vallender studied at the University of St.Gallen and graduated in 1974 with a doctorate in economics. From 1982 to 1998 she taught at the Trogen Cantonal School . From 1986 Vallender worked part-time as a cantonal judge, later she became chief judge . Already here she wrote a small piece of canton history - as the first woman elected by the rural community. From 1991 onwards, Dorle Vallender was the vice-president of the cantonal constitutional commission.

She is married to the constitutional lawyer Klaus Vallender and lives in Trogen.

National Councilor

In 1995, two new seats in the National Council had to be filled in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden - the two previous, silent elections , Hans-Rudolf Früh and Herbert Maeder , had resigned. In autumn 1995, ten people applied for the seats that became vacant on seven lists. The SVP politician Jakob Freund and - to their own surprise - Dorle Vallender were elected. Looking back, Vallender describes the work in the Federal Constitutional Commission as the most important task of her time in Bern. Some of their applications and impulses were reflected in the new constitution - including the regulation that cantons no longer have to submit their contracts with foreign countries to the federal government for approval, but only have to inform it. In addition, their applications for the freedom of the way of life and that according to which taxation must be based on the principle of economic efficiency were received. Four years later, in the federal elections in 1999 , the Vallender / Freund duo was again confirmed by the voters. As a result of the federal census in 2000, the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden lost a seat in the National Council in the following elections. Vallender resigned from office in 2003. She contradicts allegations that she was urged by her party to resign.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b View council member. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Women's headquarters AR - Ausserrhoder women demand a seat in Bern. May 1, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Erich Niederer, Erich Niederer: Once «Bern», today the Italianità. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Results of the Federal Population Census 2000 lead to changes in the seat of the National Council. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Vallender, Dorle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen , Germany