Hans Altherr

Hans Altherr (born 29 April 1950, St. Gallen, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician from the FDP.The Liberals.

Biography

Altherr studied law at the Universities of Geneva and Zurich and subsequently worked as an independent lawyer and youth attorney for the Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden. From 1976 to 1993 he was a councillor in Trogen then a cantonal representative (1989-1998). From 1998 to 2005 he served on the Executive Council, then as Landammann (2000-2003).

In 2004, he was elected to the Senate. There he was on the finance committee, the Committee for Social Security and Health, President of the Defence Commission in the Joint Committee on Finance, in the Drafting Committee and the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty. Altherr also served as President of the Council States (2011-2012).

Dunring his presidency Altherr erected two flags in the Senate hall, a Swiss flag and a flag of his canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden. He established something of a tradition, as this practice was continued by his successors.

Altherr is also an entrepreneur, owner of Weiss AG, a diamond and CBN tool manufacturer from Walzenhausen. He is divorced and has three children.

References

[1] [2] [3] [4]

  1. "FDP.Die Liberalen". Hans-altherr.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  2. "smartvote". Smartvote.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  3. "Die Schweiz hat neue Ratspräsidenten - Schweiz: Standard". Tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  4. "Die Fahnen des Präsidenten - St.Galler Tagblatt Online". Tagblatt.ch. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
Preceded by
Hansheiri Inderkum
President of the Council of States
2011/2012
Succeeded by
Filippo Lombardi
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.