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Thomas Minder

b. 1960

Swiss politician and businessman

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Born 1960. Thomas Minder is a Swiss politician and entrepreneur.

Thomas Minder (born 26 December 1960 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician. Minder was elected to the Swiss Council of States for the canton of Schaffhausen in 2011. He is an independent but sits with the Swiss People's Party.

He is known in Switzerland for having filed an initiative entitled "against rip-off salaries", created on 31 October 2006 and submitted on 26 February 2008, which proposed that the remuneration of executives in public Swiss companies be more tightly controlled by the shareholders. The initiative, one of the world's most restrictive on corporate governance, was accepted by 67.9% of the population and all the cantons on 3 March 2013.

He is the initiator of a Federal law to better protect the concept of "Swissness".

Biography Minder grew up in Neuhausen, attended secondary school at Rosenberg, college at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Neuchâtel and Fordham University, where he obtained an MBA.

He is a first lieutenant commanding a company of fusiliers in the Swiss army. After working in Paris and Zurich, he joined the cosmetics company Trybol Pro Natura, the Association for Transport and Environment and Greenpeace.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
MBA
Positions held
Member of the Swiss Council of States
Awards
European of the Year

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Thomas Minder's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Thomas Minder?

Swiss politician and businessman

When was Thomas Minder born?

Thomas Minder was born on 26 December 1960 in Schaffhausen.

What is Thomas Minder's occupation?

Thomas Minder is a politician and entrepreneur.

What nationality is Thomas Minder?

Thomas Minder is Swiss.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Minder

· Wikidata: Q120077

· DBpedia: Thomas Minder

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