Thomas Helbling

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Thomas Helbling (* 1961 in Bern ) is a Swiss lawyer and has been a director of the Swiss Insurance Association since 2017.

life and career

After successfully studying law at the Universities of Bern and London , Helbling first worked as a lawyer, then joined Federal Councilor Adolf Ogi and his successor Samuel Schmid as a personal assistant from 1998 . In 2001, Helbling took on the role of project manager for the joint application by Switzerland and Austria to organize the 2008 European Football Championship .

At the end of 2002, Helbling resigned from the organizing committee and became head of the public affairs department at the private insurer Swiss Life . At the same time he became a member of the board of the Swiss Football Association , responsible for security. In this function, Helbling campaigned for the legal anti- hooligan measures to be tightened.

After the election of Vice Chancellor Corina Casanova as the new Federal Chancellor at the beginning of 2008, Helbling was appointed the new Vice Chancellor in February and took office on June 1. As head of the Federal Council , he and his 115 employees were responsible for the preparation and follow-up of the official meetings of the Federal Council; The following were also subordinate to him: the Legal Section, the Competence Center Official Publications and the Central Language Services of the Federal Chancellery.

Thomas Helbling has been Director of the Swiss Insurance Association SIA, the umbrella organization for the private insurance industry, since 2017 .

Helbling has been a member of the FDP since 1990 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tagesanzeiger: The Federal Chancellery remains in German-speaking Swiss hands - February 20, 2008 ( memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Mäder, Philipp: “ The Federal Chancellery remains in German-Swiss hands ”, February 20, 2008; Retrieved November 29, 2009
  2. ^ Organization of the Federal Chancellery ( Memento of the original of April 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 29, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bk.admin.ch
  3. ↑ Tagesanzeiger: The Federal Chancellery remains in German-speaking Swiss hands - February 20, 2008 ( memento from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Mäder, Philipp: “ The Federal Chancellery remains in German-Swiss hands ”, February 20, 2008; Retrieved November 29, 2009. Based on an SDA report, he was partially described in the media as non-party. The party membership is however confirmed on the website of the FDP accessed November 29, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Helbling, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and federal civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern