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Swiss politician

Christian Levrat
Christian Levrat, in 2019
President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
In office
1 March 2008 – 18 October 2020
Preceded byHans-Jürg Fehr
Succeeded byCédric Wermuth
Mattea Meyer
Member of the Council of States
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 2012
Preceded byAlain Berset
ConstituencyFribourg
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
1 December 2003 – 28 May 2012
Succeeded byUrsula Schneider
ConstituencyFribourg
Personal details
Born (1970-07-07) 7 July 1970 (age 54)
La Tour-de-Trême, Switzerland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Fribourg
University of Leicester
ProfessionLabor lawyer/politician

Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 2008 until 2020. He has served as a member of the Council of States from Fribourg since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the National Council in from 2003 to 2012. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Post in 2021.

Levrat was born in La Tour-de-Trême, now part of Bulle in the Canton of Fribourg. He earned a bilingual law degree from University of Fribourg and a master's degree at the University of Leicester.

He has citizenship in Pont (Veveyse), Le Crêt, Esmonts et Siviriez.

In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding Hans-Jürg Fehr, who resigned after a weak showing in the 2007 Swiss federal election. He led the party for 12 years and stepped down in October 2020 after the Cédric Wermuth and Mattea Meyer as Co-Presidents.

He was elected to the Council of States in 2012, taking 54.2 percent of the vote over Jacques Bourgeois of the FDP. The Liberals.

References

  1. "Christian Levrat lascerà in aprile la presidenza del PS" (in Italian). Swissinfo. 12 November 2019.
  2. "Board of Directors - Swiss Post". Swiss Post. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. "Christian Levrat". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "12 Jahre lang führte "Bulldozer" Christian Levrat die SP zum Erfolg – jetzt tritt er ab". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 16 October 2020.
  5. "Cédric Wermuth and Mattea Meyer at the co-presidency of the PS". Le Temps (in French). 17 October 2020.
  6. "Un Gruérien au Conseil des Etats". La Gruyere (in French). 12 March 2012.

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