Brigitte Häberli-Koller

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Brigitte Häberli-Koller
Official portrait, 2022
President of the Council of States
In office
28 November 2022 – 4 December 2023
Preceded byThomas Hefti
Succeeded byEva Herzog
Member of the National Council
In office
2003–2011
Member of the Council of States
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1958-08-23) 23 August 1958 (age 65)
Wetzikon, Zürich, Switzerland
Political partyThe Centre, former CVP
Children3

Brigitte Häberli-Koller (born 23 August 1958) is a Swiss politician of the party The Centre (DM, CVP until 2021). She is a former member of the National Council and a current of the Council of States of which she served as its president from 2022 to 2023.

Early life and education[edit]

Brigitte Häberli was born in August 1958 in Wetzikon, Canton of Zürich[1] but has her place of origin in Münchenbuchsee in Canton of Bern.[1] After she completed her apprenticeship as a merchant, she worked for some time in Zurich.[2]

Political career[edit]

She joined The Centre in In 1996 she became a member of the Executive Council of Bichelsee-Balterswil,[3][1] the same year she was also elected into the Grand Council of Thurgau representing CVP.[3] She worked for both political offices until 2003.[1] In the Federal Elections of 2003, she was elected into the National Council by a margin of sixteen votes, representing the CVP for Thurgau.[4] In 2005, she was discussed as possible president of CVP, but then declined.[3] 2011 she was a member of the National Council.[3] In the Federal Elections of 2011 she was elected into the Council of States.[3] She was the first women to represent the Canton of Thurgau in the Council of States.[3] In November 2022 she was elected as the president of the Council of States.[5] Élisabeth Baume-Schneider of the Social Democratic Party (SP) and Lisa Mazzone of the Green Party (GP) will assume the first and second Vice-Presidencies, therefore making it the first Council of States presided by three women.[4][6]

Presidency of Council of States[edit]

In her inaugurating speech, Brigitte Häberli-Koller appealed to the political instrument of a direct democracy, which would allow the Swiss population to remain honest.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Brigitte Häberli-Koller is married and the mother of three children.[3] Her political career is celebrated in her municipality and after her election to the presidency of the Council of States she was granted an honorary citizenship of Bichelsee-Balterswil.[7] She lives in Bichelsee with her husband.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. ^ a b Fürer, Tizian. "Interview - Brigitte Häberli: Die Ständerätin aus Bichelsee im Interview". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Thurgauer Mitte-Politikerin Brigitte Häberli krönt ihre Karriere". wil24.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  4. ^ a b c Bachmann, Gina. "Ständerat: Brigitte Häberli-Koller zur Präsidentin gewählt". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  5. ^ "Wer sind die Neuen? - Häberli-Koller und Candinas: Die Ostschweiz übernimmt die Macht". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. ^ Briner, Maja (21 November 2022). "Das gab es noch nie: Erstmals übernimmt ein Frauentrio die Spitze des Ständerats – und das ist nicht das einzige Novum". Solothurner Zeitung.
  7. ^ Stemer, Francesca. "Feier: Brigitte Häberli in Bichelsee-Balterswil". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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