About Fritz Schiesser
Born 1954. Fritz Schiesser is a Swiss politician.
Fritz Schiesser (born 23 April 1954) is a Swiss lawyer and politician, member of the Swiss Council of States (1990–2007).
Schiesser became a member of the Swiss Council of States in 1990 as a Free democrat. President (speaker) of the Council of States in 2003/04. He was also member of the Parliament of the Canton of Glarus from 1995 to 2009. Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
In November 2007, Schiesser was appointed president of the ETH-Board 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. In November 2011, he was reappointed as president of the ETH Board for 2012–2016.
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Who is Fritz Schiesser?
Swiss politician
When was Fritz Schiesser born?
Fritz Schiesser was born on 23 April 1954 in Haslen.
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Fritz Schiesser is a politician.
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Fritz Schiesser is Swiss.
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