Tim Frey

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Tim Frey, 2014

Tim Frey (born September 19, 1972 in Basel ), actually Timotheos Frey , is a Swiss politician ( CVP ), political advisor and lobbyist . From April 2009 to June 2012 he was Secretary General of the CVP.

life and career

From 1990 to 1991 Tim Frey first completed a preliminary course at the Basel School of Design . From 1991 to 1995 he completed an apprenticeship as an interior designer in Basel. He then worked as a freelance designer and construction manager in a studio in Basel until 1998. From 1998 to 2002 he studied political science at the University of Geneva , while from 1998 to 1999 he worked as a volunteer in the communications department of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees . From 2002 to 2009 he worked as an assistant, later as an examination delegate, senior assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Zurich . In June 2007 he was an observer of the national parliamentary elections in Mali , accredited by the National Electoral Commission of Mali (CENI). In 2008 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the success and failure of Christian Democratic parties in Western Europe. On April 1, 2009, he took over the post of General Secretary of the CVP as the successor to Reto Nause . In June 2012, it was surprisingly announced that he would be leaving at the end of the month.

From August 2013 to 2018 he headed the Public Affairs department of the PR agency Burson-Marsteller Switzerland. Frey has been with Farner Consulting since 2018.

Publications (selection)

  • Christian Democracy in Western Europe - The thin line to success. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2009.
  • West European politics in the age of globalization , together with Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal and Simon Bornschier. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008.
  • Book Review: Tackenberg, Marco and Dominique Wisler, 2007. Hatless boys and half-mature girls: Protest and police in Switzerland. Bern: Haupt Verlag. In: Swiss Political Science Review. Vol. 14 (3), 2008, pp. 595-599.
  • Timotheos Frey and Katharina Füglister: The role of the education system as an integration agent for immigrants of West African origin. In: Fritz Oser, Carsten Quesel and Horst Biedermann (eds.): On the success and failure of political education - studies and drafts. Rüegger, Zurich 2007.
  • Book Review: Zurbriggen, Ludwig, 2004. CVP and the social center - social capital, coalitions and symbolic practice of the CVP. Zurich, Chur: Rüegger. In: Swiss Political Science Review. Vol. 11 (2), 2005, pp. 147-149.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Timotheos Frey, Dr. (No longer available online.) Department of Political Science, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ biography. Tim Frey's website, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Martin Senti: Farewell to the «rock'n roll style» initiated. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 22, 2012, accessed on May 15, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Burson-Marsteller: Tim Frey new Head of Public Affairs. personal.com, June 26, 2013, accessed May 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Frey, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frey, Timotheus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel