Ruedi Aeschbacher

Rudolf "Ruedi" Aeschbacher (born September 15, 1941 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss politician ( EPP ).

Life

Aeschbacher is the son of a railroad worker. As such, he grew up in Rorschach , Buchs SG , Brugg and Zurich . He studied law and received his doctorate in 1969.

In 1977 he was in the council elected by Zurich. In 1978 he was elected to the city council of Zurich, only the second member of the Evangelical People's Party after Ulrich Ribi (city council 1928–33). As a city councilor, he made a name for himself primarily as a transport politician. He was re-elected three times as a city councilor and was eliminated in the fourth election as redundant. From the 1999 elections until his resignation in 2010, Ruedi Aeschbach was a member of the National Council . He was a member of the Commission for Transport and Telecommunications and the Commission for Legal Issues of the National Council. Maja Ingold took over his seat on the National Council . Aeschbacher was President of the EPP from 2000 to 2008.

Web links

Ruedi Aeschbacher on the website of the Federal Assembly ( submitted proposals )
Political profile of Ruedi Aeschbacher (voting behavior in the National Council, 46th legislature, 1999–2003) ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

personal data
SURNAME	Aeschbacher, Ruedi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aeschbacher, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician (EPP)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen