Gerhard Pfister (politician)

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Gerhard Pfister (2015)

Gerhard Michael Pfister (born October 1, 1962 in Zug ; resident in Oberägeri and Wittenbach SG ) is a Swiss teacher for literature and philosophy and politician ( CVP ).

Life

Pfister grew up on the Ägeriberg as the son of a school principal, where he also attended primary school. Then he switched to the Disentis convent school . After graduating from high school, he studied literature and philosophy in Friborg . He did his doctorate on the writer Peter Handke . From 1987 he worked at his parents' boarding school as a teacher for philosophy and German . After the death of his father in 1994, he took over the boarding school and continued to run it until it closed in 2008. The school grounds then became a residential development with 18 condominiums. In 2013, he and his wife founded the Elementa day school in the Zug suburb of Neuheim . Pfister is also a member and chairman of the boards of several companies.

From 1998 to 2003 Pfister was a member of the Cantonal Council of the Canton of Zug . In 1999 he took over the presidency of the cantonal CVP Zug. In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2003 he was elected to the National Council, in the elections in 2007 , 2011 , 2015 and 2019 he was re-elected. He has been a member of the National Council's State Policy Commission since 2003 and chaired it from 2007 to 2009. He is also a member of the National Council's Foreign Policy Commission . In 2010, Pfister was considered far to the right among the parliamentarians of his heterogeneous party. On April 23, 2016, Pfister was elected President of CVP Switzerland, despite this initial situation and before the election, which many did not expect.

Pfister has been married to the grammar school teacher and theater pedagogue Franziska Bachmann (* 1963) since 1994, they live in Oberägeri.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joel Bedetti: The right way. The future CVP President Gerhard Pfister is an intellectual of a different kind. What does someone like that look for in politics? In: The magazine . Tamedia , Zurich April 9, 2016, p. 10-21 .
  2. ↑ Michael Schoenenberger: The Unadjusted. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 28, 2013, accessed February 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Philipp Loser & Claudia Blumer: "Do you think someone would vote me?" In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 6, 2015, accessed February 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Michael Hermann & Bruno Jeitziner: The left-right rating: clear fronts. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 26, 2010, accessed February 11, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Géraldine Eicher: Go through the middle or turn right? In: SRF : Saturday Rundschau. January 16, 2016, accessed February 11, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Gerhard Pfister is the new President of CVP Switzerland. In: CVP Switzerland. April 23, 2016, accessed April 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Pfister, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfister, Gerhard Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (CVP)
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Train (city)