Fritz Schiesser
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Switzerland
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lawyer and politician, member of the Swiss Council of States
Swiss Council of States
The Council of States of Switzerland is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house. There are 46 Councillors....
(1990-2007).
Schiesser became a Member of the Swiss Council of States
Swiss Council of States
The Council of States of Switzerland is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house. There are 46 Councillors....
in 1990 as a Free democrat
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
. President (speaker) of the Council of States in 2003/04. He has also been member of the Parliament of the Canton of Glarus since 1995. Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
In November 2007, Schiesser was appointed President of the ETH-Board
ETH-Board
The ETH Board is the strategic unit elected by the Swiss Federal Council to manage the ETH Domain. It determines the domain's strategic direction and allocates the funding provided by the Swiss Confederation to the six institutions...
for 2008-2011. The function being incompatible with the membership in the Council of States, Schiesser has to resign from the Council, despite his re-election a few weeks earlier.