Hans Wicki

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Hans Wicki (2015)

Hans Wicki (born February 18, 1964 in Lucerne , entitled to live in Menznau and Horw ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP. The Liberals ).

Life

Wicki grew up in Hergiswil and Wolfenschiessen . He attended St. Fidelis College in Stans . From 1992 to 1997 he studied economics at the University of Zurich and graduated with the title lic. oec. publ. from.

Wicki worked for two banks and was most recently managing director of an electrical engineering company in Switzerland and South Africa. From 2000 to 2010 he was a member of the Hergiswil municipal council, which he chaired from 2006 to 2010. From July 2010 he was government councilor of the canton of Nidwalden for six years . He held office there as construction director and as deputy finance director. In the Official year 2014/2015 he was state governor in office year 2015/2016 Landammann . In the elections on October 18, 2015 , he was elected to the Council of States and took office on November 30, 2015. In the 2019 elections , he was quietly confirmed in office.

Wicki has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2014 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bergbahnen Engelberg-Trübsee-Titlis AG since 2016 . Wicki was elected President of Seilbahnen Schweiz on October 24, 2019 . He sits down u. a. for more financial aid for snowmaking . He was also elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grimselbahn AG at the end of January 2020.

On October 17, 2018, he announced his interest in succeeding Johann Schneider-Ammann in the Federal Council and was officially nominated as a Federal Council candidate alongside Karin Keller-Sutter by the FDP Switzerland on November 16, 2018 . In the election on December 5, 2018 , he received 56 votes; The favored Karin Keller-Sutter was elected, in the first ballot with 154 votes.

Hans Wicki lives with his wife Monika Wicki-Hess and their two children in Hergiswil.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bergbahnen Engelberg-Trübsee-Titlis AG, minutes of the 2016 Annual General Meeting (PDF) , accessed on October 25, 2017
  2. ↑ Councilor of States Hans Wicki new President of Seilbahnen Schweiz. (PDF; 169 kB) Press release from Seilbahnen Schweiz of October 24, 2019, accessed on November 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Dominik Meier, Jürg Brandenberger: Money for snow-making systems - «State snow» is supposed to save ski areas. In: srf.ch . November 27, 2019, accessed November 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ New board of directors at Grimselbahn AG. In: htr.ch . January 29, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 : "Council of States Beat Rieder (VS) and National Councilor Nadja Pieren (BE) were newly elected to the Board of Directors "
  5. ↑ Erich Aschwanden: Hans Wicki - the man who dares to compete against Karin Keller-Sutter. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 17, 2018
  6. ↑ Hans Wicki officially Federal Council candidate: FDP canton president is "gladly relieved". In: Luzerner Zeitung , November 17, 2018
  7. ↑ Results, reactions and what happens next - the Federal Council elections at a glance. , NZZ online portal, December 5, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Wicki, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politicians (FDP The Liberals)
DATE OF BIRTH 18th February 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne