Balthasar Glättli

Balthasar Glättli (born 12 February 1972) is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the National Council and, since June 2020, the president of the Green Party of Switzerland.

Balthasar Glättli
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
5 December 2011
President of the Green Party of Switzerland
Assumed office
20 June 2020
Preceded byRegula Rytz
Personal details
Born (1972-02-12) 12 February 1972
Zürich, Switzerland
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland
SpouseMin Li Marti
Children1
Residence(s)Zürich,[1] Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Zurich (no degree)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionWeb designer
Websitebalthasar-glaettli.ch (in German)

Early life and education

Glättli was born 12 February 1972 in Zürich, Switzerland, to Rolf Glättli and Silvia Glättli (née Züblin), both elementary school teachers. His younger brother is cellist Kaspar Singer (né Glättli). He completed his Matura at Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland and then studied Philosophy, Linguistics and German at the University of Zürich between 1991 and 1996 and ultimately resumed studies from 2009-2014, but did not graduate with a degree.[2][3]

Political career
Balthasar Glättli, and among other GPS politicians, Regula Rytz and Sibel Arslan in November 2015

Glättli joined the Green Party of Switzerland in 1991 and was elected as board member of the cantonal section in Zürich. Between 1998 and 2011 he represented Zürich-Seefeld in the parliament of the city of Zürich.[4] He was elected to the National Council in the Swiss federal election in October 2011, and re-elected in October 2015. Since December 2013, he is President of the Green parliamentarian Group.[5] From 2004 to 2008 Glättli was co-president of the cantonal GPS party,[1] in co-operation with Marlies Bänziger.

On 20 June 2020, he was elected President of the Green Party, succeeding Regula Rytz.[6]

Mandatory work

Between 2010 and 2012 Glättli was in charge of the campaigns of the Swiss Union of Public Service Personnel,[7] and currently he presides the Mieterverband Deutschschweiz, the Swiss German section of the union of tenants, and is vice-president of the Swiss national Mieterverband.[8] He is a member of various NGO's like the Erklärung von Bern, Amnesty International Switzerland and Greenpeace Switzerland.

Personal life

Balthasar Glättli graduated Maturität at the gymnasium in Wetzikon in 1991, and studied philosophy, linguistics and German literature at the University of Zurich. Glättli directs a web design and consulting company,[7] is married to the Swiss politician Min Li Marti. They live with their daughter in Zürich-Wipkingen.[1][9][10]

References
  1. "Lebenslauf Balthasar Glättli" (in German). balthasar-glaettli.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Balthasar Glättli - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  3. "«Er war ein tapferes Kind»". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. Gemeinderat Zürich (7 November 2016). "Profil Balthasar Glättli im Gemeinderat Zürich" (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. parlament.ch. "Green Group". Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. "Balthasar Glättli succède à Regula Rytz à la présidence des Verts suisses" (in French). RTS. 21 June 2020.
  7. Glättli, Balthasar (13 June 2011). "Das Team". Politbüro Kampagnen&Webdesign (in German). Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  8. "FIFA, Bundesgericht als Mieterfreund, EM-Taktik" (in German). 10vor10. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  9. Hohler, Stefan (20 October 2015). "Ein Polit-Ehepaar im Nationalrat". Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  10. "Nationalräte Marti und Glättli sind jetzt Eltern". Tages Anzeiger. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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