Melanie Mettler

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Melanie Mettler (2019)

Melanie Nicole Mettler (born December 3, 1977 , resident in Wichtrach ) is a Swiss politician ( glp ). In 2019 she was elected to the National Council.

education and profession

Melanie Mettler studied literary studies, analytical philosophy and linguistics and then did her doctorate in English with a cultural studies study of cosmopolitan values ​​in literature.

Professionally, she is co-manager of an information portal for employers on professional integration. For seven years she was a lecturer and consultant at the World Trade Institute , an interdisciplinary research and training institute of the University of Bern in the field of world trade regulation. As a consultant for social innovation, she co-founded the Platform Social Innovation Bern Accelerator (SIBA) and is now its co-president. She is also a co-founder of the crowdfunding project Sunraising , which finances community solar systems in city districts of Bern . She is co-president of the Bernese cultural center Dampfzentrale and member of the board of the non-partisan association New Helvetian Society .

Political activity

Melanie Mettler was the first political office to represent mid-level staff in the Philosophical-Historical Faculty of the University of Bern from 2010 to 2013. In 2013 she was elected to the Bern City Council (city parliament), where she took on various parliamentary functions: Among other things, she was a member of the Agglomeration Commission from 2013 to 2015, and in 2014 she was its president. From 2016 to 2017 she was a member of the Commission for Planning, Transport and Urban Greenery. From 2013 to 2019 she chaired the parliamentary group of green liberals and young green liberals in the Bern city council (together with Peter Amman until the end of 2016). Her political priorities are urban development, transport and the energy transition. In 2016 she was confirmed in office as Bernese city councilor (legislature), and she also ran unsuccessfully for the Bern city council (executive). Melanie Mettler was elected to the National Council on the occasion of the National Council elections in 2019 . She has been a member of the Social Security and Health Commission there since the end of 2019.

Personal

Melanie Mettler lives in the city of Bern.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List 15, Canton of Bern, National Council elections 2019. In: Swiss Federal Chancellery. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ List 15, Canton of Bern, National Council elections 2019. In: Swiss Federal Chancellery. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Naomi Jones: New board member in the steam center. June 8, 2018, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Melanie Mettler. In: Bolz + Partner. Accessed November 7, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Melanie Mettler. In: Republic. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The office. In: Compasso. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Melanie Mettler. In: BHP Brugger and Partners. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  8. ↑ About us. In: Social Innovation Bern SI-Bern. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Naomi Jones: New board member in the steam center. June 8, 2018, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Board of Directors. In: New Helvetic Society. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Melanie Mettler. In: Green Liberals Bern. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b Members: Melanie Mettler, GLP. In: City of Bern. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Mettler becomes head of the GLP parliamentary group. January 19, 2017, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Sheila Matti: Introduced: Melanie Mettler . Ed .: Berner Zeitung. November 4, 2016, ISSN  1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed November 7, 2019]).
  15. ^ City of Bern, City Council Membership Directory. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Gina Bachmann: Living space is becoming a political issue. February 6, 2019, accessed on 8 December 2019 .
  17. ^ Rudolf Burger: female power on the left, male dominance on the right. December 4, 2016, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Melanie Mettler wants to join the local council for the GLP. In: The Bund. March 30, 2016, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Municipal elections of November 27, 2016. In: City of Bern. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  20. ^ Julian Witschi: The second election winner. October 21, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  21. ^ The Swiss Parliament: Commissions for Social Security and Health SGK. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mettler, Melanie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mettler, Melanie Nicole (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (glp)
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1977