Balthasar Glättli

Nationalrat
Balthasar Glättli

Balthasar Glättli in December 2015
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1972-02-12) 12 February 1972
Nationality Swiss
Political party Green Party of Switzerland
Residence Zürich-Höngg,[1] Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation politician
Profession sociologist and web designer
Website balthasar-glaettli.ch (in German)

Balthasar Glättli (born 12 February 1972) is a Swiss politician of the Green Party of Switzerland.

Political career

Balthasar Glättli, and among other GPS politicians, Regula Rytz and Sibel Arslan in November 2015

Glättli joined the Green Party of Switzerland in 1991 and was elected as board member of the cantonal section in Zürich. Between 1998 and 2011 he represented Zürich-Seefeld in the parliament of the city of Zürich.[2] He was elected to the National Council in the Swiss federal election in October 2011, and re-elected in October 2015. From 2004 to 2008 Glättli was co-president of the cantonal GPS party,[1] in co-operation with Marlies Bänziger.

Mandatory work

Glättli presides the Mieterverband Deutschschweiz, the Swiss German section of the union of tenants, and is vice-president of the Swiss national Mieterverband.[3] He is member of various NGO's like Erklärung von Bern, Amnesty International Switzerland and Greenpeace Switzerland.

Personal life

Balthasar Glättli graduated Maturität at the gymnasium in Wetzikon in 1991, and studied philosophy, linguistics and German literature at the University of Zurich. Glättli provides a web design and consulting company,[4] is married and lives in Zürich-Höngg.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lebenslauf Balthasar Glättli" (in German). balthasar-glaettli.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ↑ Gemeinderat Zürich (2016-11-07). "Profil Balthasar Glättli im Gemeinderat Zürich" (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  3. ↑ "FIFA, Bundesgericht als Mieterfreund, EM-Taktik" (in German). 10vor10. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. ↑ "Politbüro Kampagnen & Webdesign". Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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