Yvette Estermann

Yvette Estermann (née Gavlasová; born 26 February 1967) is a Slowakian-born Swiss politician and member of the National Council from the Canton of Lucerne.

Yvette Estermann
Yvette Estermann (2019)
Swiss National Councillor
Assumed office
3 December 2007
Personal details
Born
Iveta Gavlasová

(1967-02-26) 26 February 1967
Kráľová pri Senci, Senec, Czechoslovakia
Nationality
Political partySwiss People's Party
Children1
Residence(s)Kriens, Luzern, Switzerland
Alma materComenius University (PhD)
ProfessionMedical Practitioner (MD, Bratislava)

Early life and education

Estermann was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) to Zdeno Gavlas (1932-2008) and Alžbeta Gavlasová (b. 1941).[1] Her father was an insurance agent and freelance spiritual healer while her mother was a homemaker.[2]

She studied medicine at the Comenius University, where she obtained her doctorate in 1993. One year later, she emigrated to Switzerland to marry her Swiss partner and pursue studies in homeopathic medicine. After ceasing to practice medicine due to the time demands of her political office, she now works as a life coaching consultant. Estermann lives in Kriens with her son and husband.

Career

After obtaining Swiss citizenship in 1999, Estermann joined the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP). In 2005, she was elected to the cantonal parliament, the Grand Council of Lucerne, and in the 2007 national elections, she was elected to the National Council. Despite her foreign origin, Estermann is very vocal against immigration of foreigners into Switzerland

Estermann was member of the board of Cosmos AG, the business which ran the Swiss degree mill "Free University of Teufen".[3][4] She also did her doctorate at the university, which raised doubts about her doctorate.[5][6]

She's a member of a Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland.[7]

Family

She is married to Richard F. Estermann (b. 1942), an independent consultant (Estermann Consulting) with whom she has one son, Richard Estermann, Jr. (b. 1995). She resides in Kriens, Lucerne, Switzerland.[8]

References
  1. Rundschau (SRF) Back to the roots (grave shown at min. 37:51), spelling of names
  2. Rundschau (SRF) Back to the roots (min. 32:25, in German) https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/rundschau/video/back-to-the-roots-yvette-estermann?urn=urn:srf:video:536865b8-7d22-46e3-9c02-f5a857dd265d
  3. Prof. Dr. Hochmut. Artikel über Schweizer Titelmühlen, Spiegel online vom 16. Juli 2008
  4. Handelsregister-Meldung über das Ausscheiden von Estermann aus dem Verwaltungsrat der Cosmos AG
  5. "Plagiatsaffäre - Alle Fälle von A-Z | Business And Science" (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  6. Soukup, Michael (2012-12-09). "SVP-Nationalrätin ist ihren Doktortitel los". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  7. ASIN Bulletin, Élections fédérales 2015: 43 membres de l'ASIN à Berne, n°178, december 2015, p.3
  8. Schweizer Illustrierte http://estermann-aktuell.ch/media/blogs/a/si_20130729_060.pdf?mtime=1376854014



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