Ulrich Giezendanner

Ulrich Giezendanner (2011)

Ulrich Giezendanner (born October 31, 1953 in Rothrist ; legal resident in Rothrist and Wattwil ) is a Swiss transport company and politician ( SVP ).

Life

In 1972 Giezendanner became head of the family-owned transport company. From March 1989 to November 1991 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau before he was elected to the National Council on November 25, 1991 , where he was a member of the Commission for Transport and Telecommunications from 1991 to December 1, 2019. Until mid-1996 he was a member of the Auto Party , since then of the Swiss People's Party .

Politically, Giezendanner represented, among other things, the expansion of the A1 bottleneck in the Baregg Tunnel , which was defused with the opening of the third tunnel tube in 2003, a second tube on the Gotthard road tunnel (decided in the second attempt in 2016) and the lifting of the ban on circuit races in Switzerland . He criticizes the federal policy of shifting heavy transit traffic to rail as unqualified and inefficient.

In the 2011 parliamentary elections , he ran unsuccessfully for the resigned seat of the Council of States of Maximilian Reimann (SVP), who had been elected to the National Council.

His spirited appearance made him a frequent guest in television debates as the Arena of SRF 1 and Sun Talk of TeleZüri . He is a professed Christian and runs a Saurer vintage car park.

Giezendanner is widowed and has three children (two sons and one daughter) from his first marriage. Ulrich Giezendanner has been married to his long-term partner for the second time since 2017. From 2015, the two sons (Benjamin Giezendanner as CEO and Stefan Giezendanner as CFO) headed the company Giezendanner Transporte AG Rothrist. Stefan Giezendanner has left Giezendanner AG and is now CEO of Mittelland Transporte AG. Stefan Giezendanner is still represented on the Board of Directors of Giezendanner AG.

His youngest son Benjamin Giezendanner (* 1982) has been a member of the SVP National Council since December 2, 2019. In the canton of Aargau, he was President of the Grand Council in 2017 (highest Aargauer).

Web links

• Ulrich Giezendanner on the website of the Federal Assembly
• Ulrich Giezendanner's website
• Giezendanner Transporte Rothrist (his transport company)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Giezendanner congratulates the re-elected Egerszegi . Aargauer Zeitung , updated November 27, 2011; Retrieved December 13, 2011.
2. ↑ Election results of all persons Council of States Aargau 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ueli Giezendanner says “Yes” for the second time - the wedding bells are supposed to ring in July. In: Aargauer Zeitung of January 11, 2017.
4. ↑ Numbers and facts on the company homepage
5. ↑ Marcel Odermatt: Family trouble at Giezendanner! “That hurts” In: Blick.ch from September 2, 2018.