Esther Friedli

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Esther Friedli, 2019

Esther Barbara Friedli (born June 4, 1977 , resident in Escholzmatt-Marbach and Lützelflüh ) is a Swiss politician ( SVP ). She was elected to the Swiss National Council on October 20, 2019 .

biography

Friedli grew up in Worb . From 1997 to 2003 she studied political science at the University of Bern . She also took a minor in constitutional law , economics and media studies . In her youth she was a member of the CVP and was involved in the young CVP . From 2008 to 2014 she was Secretary General of the Education Department of the Canton of St. Gallen . As part of this activity, Friedli was regional secretary of the EDK -Ost (Eastern Switzerland Conference of Educational Directors) and a member of the board of the department secretaries of the EDK.

The former SVP president Toni Brunner has been her life partner since 1997 . She lives with him in Ebnat-Kappel . There she has been working in the family business of the Landgasthaus Sonne restaurant (House of Freedom) since 2017. After joining the SVP, she ran for the government council of the canton of St. Gallen in April 2016 .

It was elected with 39,540 votes in the Swiss parliamentary elections in October 2019. The political scientist invested 5,000 francs in the National Council election campaign. Friedli wants to stand up for the concerns of farmers and rural areas in the National Council.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Election lists National Council elections 2019, Canton St. Gallen, List 1. In: Swiss Federal Chancellery. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  2. ^ Portrait of Esther Friedli. In: Esther Friedli's website. Retrieved on November 7, 2019 (own receipt).
  3. ↑ a b c d Esther Friedli shows love letter from "Toni-Schnügeli". In: blick.ch. September 11, 2018, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ SDA: Elected to the National Council: St. Gallen SVP politician Esther Friedli steps out of the shadow of Toni Brunner's partner. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. October 21, 2019, accessed on November 7, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  5. ↑ New faces and old friends: These people from Eastern Switzerland represent us in the Federal Palace. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. October 20, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Patrik Müller, Katharina Brenner: The new St.Gallen SVP National Councilor Esther Friedli: "Left-green people talk about the climate, but fly thoughtlessly on vacation themselves". In: St. Galler Tagblatt. October 22, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Manuela Enggist: "I would never have expected that in my life!" In: Schweizer Illustrierte. October 25, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .


personal data
SURNAME Friedli, Esther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedli, Esther Barbara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (SVP)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1977