Patrick Mächler
Patrick Mächler aka "Valio" (b. Basel, 26 April 1983[1]) is a Swiss politician and member of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS). Besides Samir Allioui from the Netherlands he was co-president of Pirate Parties International (PPI) from July 2009 to February 2010, the umbrella organization of the international Pirate Party movement.[2] Both followed Andrew Norton as chairman of PPI in July 2009[3] who then resigned,[4] where Mächler proposed[5] to institute an intermediate board instead of a single person. In March 2010 Jerry Weyer from Luxembourg followed Mächler.[6] In March 2011 Mächler was elected as treasurer of PPI.[7][8]
Mächler holds a BSc degree in Computer Science and studies at the University of Basel.[1] When the PPS was founded in 2009, he was a candidate for the party's group coordinator position, but succumbed to Michael Friedrich.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mächler's website
- ↑ About PPI, Pirate Parties International
- ↑ About Andrew Norton, wordpress.
- ↑ Signing Off, Andrew Norton, PPI, August 2, 2009
- ↑ Proposal, Patrick Mächler, PPI, August 2, 2009
- ↑ Patrick Mächler steps down - Jerry Weyer Steps up!, PPI, March 2, 2010
- ↑ Report: Conference of Pirate Parties International, March 11-13, 2011 Swiss Pirate Party, March 17, 2011
- ↑ Conclusões da conferência do Pirate Parties International em Friedrichshafen, Movimento Partido Pirata Português, March 21, 2011
- ↑ Schweizer Piratenpartei gegründet, heise online, July 13, 2009
