Patrick Mächler aka "Valio" (b. Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

, 26 April 1983) is a Swiss politician and member of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS). Besides Samir Allioui

Samir Allioui

Samir Allioui aka "Coretx" is a Dutch politician, co-founder and former president of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands , which was formally registered on the 10th of March 2010, but active since late 2006...

 from the Netherlands he was co-president of Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International

Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...

 (PPI) from July 2009 to February 2010, the umbrella organization of the international Pirate Party

Pirate Party

The Pirate Party is a political party in Sweden founded in 2006. Its sudden popularity has given rise to parties with the same name and similar goals in Europe and worldwide, forming the international Pirate Party movement....

 movement Both followed Andrew Norton as chairman of PPI in July 2009. In March 2010 Jerry Weyer

Jerry Weyer

Jerry Weyer is a Luxembourgian politician and has been co-president of Pirate Parties International since 1st of March 2010...

 from Luxembourg followed Mächler. In March 2011 Mächler was elected as treasurer of PPI.

Mächler holds a BSc

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

 degree in Computer Science and studies at the University of Basel

University of Basel

The University of Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland, and is considered to be one of leading universities in the country...

. When the PPS was founded in 2009, he was a candidate for the party's group coordinator position, but succumbed to Michael Friedrich.