Trix Heberlein

Trix Heberlein-Ruff (born 17 July 1942, in St. Gallen[1]) is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a former president of the National Council of Switzerland.

Trix Heberlein
Member of the Council of States of Switzerland
In office
1 December 2003 – 2 December 2007
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
13 March 1991 – 11 November 2003
Personal details
Born (1942-07-17) 17 July 1942
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Political partyFree Democratic Party of Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
OccupationLawyer

Life and career

Heberlein attended primary school in Teufen, later cantonal school in St. Gallen and earned her Matura in 1961. She subsequently studied law at the University of Zurich and earned a license degree in 1965. Later she took the lawyer exam.[2]

Political career

Heberlein was elected into the Cantonal Council of Zurich in 1979[2] which she was a part of until 1991. From 1991 to 2003, she was a member of the National Council[1] which she chaired from November 1998 to December 1999.[1] Then she represented the canton of Zurich in the Council of States from 2003 to 2007.[3] On 20 December 2006, she announced she would retire by the end of her term. From 1998 to 2014, Heberlein chaired the foundation Swisstransplant that promotes organ donation.[4] After she resigned from the Council of States she was the president of Zewo, a foundation which certifies NGO's. between 2008 and 2015.[5]

Personal life

Since 1967 she has been married to lawyer Robert Heberlin, with whom she has two daughters. She is a proficient skier and during her political career she organized several Ski races between Swiss parliamentarians, and interparliamenetarian races with members of the parliaments of either Austria or Great Britain.[6] Her places of origin are Zumikon and Wattwil.[1]

References
  1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Trix Heberlein (fdp.)". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. "Abschied vom Bundeshaus". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. Rederer, Katharina (March 2014). ""Es war eine Riesenarbeit"" (PDF). Swisstransplant News (in German). No. 22. p. 9.
  5. "Kurt Grüter succède à Trix Heberlein à la présidence de Zewo". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. "Fesch ist sie, die Schweiz". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 February 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2021.


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