Jon Pult

Jon Andri Pult[1] (born 12 October 1984) is a Swiss consultant, historian and politician who currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party since 2019.[2] He previously served on the Grand Council of Grisons between 2010 and 2018.[3] In the 2023 Swiss federal election, Pult declared official candidacy for Federal Council (Switzerland), to succeed Alain Berset.[4][5]

Jon Pult
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Assumed office
2 December 2019
ConstituencyCanton of Grisons
Member of the Grand Council of Grisons
In office
2010–2018
Personal details
Born
Jon Andri Pult

12 October 1984
Scuol, Switzerland
Citizenship
  • Switzerland
  • Italy
Alma materUniversity of Zürich (Licentiate)
OccupationConsultant, historian and politician
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Pult was born 12 October 1984 in Scuol, Switzerland, to Clot Pult, a teacher, and Marcella Pult (née Palmara), an Italian-born art historian and translator.[2] He was raised in Guarda and Milan[6] until he entered kindergarten in Domat/Ems.[7] His grandfather was romanist and culture advocate.[8] His uncle is Romansh lecturer, translator and cultural mediator Chasper Pult (b. 1949).[9][10] Later he attended primary and high school in Chur.[7] Following he studied history at the University of Zurich[7] and graduated with a licentiate about the History of the Rhaetian Railway.[11]

Professional career

In 2016, Jon Pult was employed by Feinheit, a campaign and strategy developer.[12] Since 2022, he is a Member of the Board of Feinheit.[12] In 2014, Pult assumed the presidency of the association of the Initiative of the Alps[13] which aims at safeguarding the Alps from international trade on the roads.[14]

Political career

He is since years mentioned as one of the political talents with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung describing him in 2014 as the political talent.[15] Three former presidents of the SP have lauded him and he is widely viewed a promising politician. Jaqueline Fehr called him in 2010 a promise to the future, Peter Bodenmann reasoned in 2015 that the current SP president Christian Levrat was only staying president to give Pult some more time to get ready and when Helmut Hubacher was asked who the candidates for the succession of Levrat were, he answered that even though the people talked about others, in his opinion Pult was the main talent for the party.[6]

Cantonal politics

Between 2005 and 2011, he was a member of the Municipal Council of Chur, and between 2010 and 2018 one of the Grand Council of Grisons.[2] As a Grand Councilor he was in favor of a revision of the electoral system from the majoral to the proportional system and joined forces with the Swiss People's Party (SVP).[16] In 2013, the Grisons branch of the SP managed to stop the candidature of St.Moritz to become the host of the Olympic Games 2022.[17]

In 2018 he resigned because he wanted to be elected to the National Council in 2019 and his party would have lost a seat if he had to resign from the Grand Council after getting elected to the National Council.[18]

Member of the National Council

In national politics he was a candidate to the National Council in 2011 and also 2015, but was not elected.[15] In 2019 he was a candidate to both the National Council (the lower chamber) and the Council of States (the higher chamber).[15] In his electoral campaign to the National Council he positioned himself as focused on policy regarding traffic and Europe.[18] Eventually he was elected to the National Council as a representative for Grisons for the SP.[19]

Personal life

Jon Pult is a citizen of Italy and Switzerland and lives in Chur.[7] His place of origin is Sent in Grisons.[2]

References
  1. "Jon Andri Pult in Lugano - Reports". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. "Ratsmitglied Jon Pult ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. "Jon Pult wechselt in den Verwaltungsrat". Feinheit (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. Fontana, Katharina (2023-10-02). "Berset-Nachfolge: Jon Pult kandidiert für den Bundesrat". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  5. "SP-Nationalrat Jon Pult kandidiert für Nachfolge von Alain Berset". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  6. Bühler, Dennis (2019-12-23). ""Die SP bräuchte nach 16 Jahren männlicher Dominanz nun eine Präsidentin"". Republik (in German).
  7. "Über mich". Jon Pult (in German). 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  8. Obituary by Gion Deplazes (in German) https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=bmb-002%3A1992%3A0%3A%3A568
  9. "How do you say "Brunch" in Romansh?". The Invisible Dog Art Center. 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  10. "Chasper Pult". ChiassoLetteraria (in Italian). 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  11. Hermann, Nicolas; Pedrina, Fiora (22 October 2015). ""Es gibt nichts Traurigeres, als HistorikerInnen, die behaupten, sie hätten keine politische Haltung! "". etü. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  12. "Feinheit: Nationalrat Jon Pult wechselt in den VR". persoenlich.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  13. "Neuer Präsident für die Alpen-Initiative". Alpen-Initiative (in German). 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  14. Lob), (Übertragung aus dem Italienischen: Gerhard (2019-02-20). ""Ich mag die Alpeninitiative, weil sie pragmatisch ist"". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  15. "Jon Pult will in den Ständerat und glaubt an den "Geist des Wandels"". www.suedostschweiz.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  16. Brunner, Franco (2013-02-18). "Wahlen - Der Kanton Graubünden sucht die "gerechte Wahl"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  17. Guillaume, Michelle (2015-10-02). "Le Grison qui pourrait succéder à Christian Levrat - Le Temps". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  18. "Jon Pult will in den Nationalrat". www.suedostschweiz.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  19. "Starke Stimmen für die Alpen!". Alpen-Initiative (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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