Denis Simonet
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Denis Simonet aka "SciFi" (b. Biel/Bienne
, May 21, 1985) from Ipsach
is a Swiss politician, and president of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS). He was reelected for a further period on December 5, 2009 and February 19, 2011.
and switched to the Bern University of Applied Sciences. He is also a founding member of the Swiss Privacy Foundation. One of his hobbies is playing the piano. He released his two compositions on last.fm and composed the jingle for the independant podcast parrot.fm. He also acts as a reporter for parrot.fm.
From December 13, 2010 to December 24, 2010 Simonet wrote about digital policy for the well known newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung and for the IT Magazine "Netzwoche" he was interviewed as an expert on surveillance and privacy. In his own blog he often writes about digital policy, some posts were already overtaken by the students portal students.ch and the newspaper Tagesanzeiger. He is a member of the committee for more transparency in politics and fights against the reintroduction of fixed book prizes as a member of the committee against expensive books.
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...
, May 21, 1985) from Ipsach
Ipsach
Ipsach is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Ipsach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.7% is forested...
is a Swiss politician, and president of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS). He was reelected for a further period on December 5, 2009 and February 19, 2011.
Biography
Simonet, a founding member of his party, studied Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichETH Zurich
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
and switched to the Bern University of Applied Sciences. He is also a founding member of the Swiss Privacy Foundation. One of his hobbies is playing the piano. He released his two compositions on last.fm and composed the jingle for the independant podcast parrot.fm. He also acts as a reporter for parrot.fm.
Politics
Simonet participated in the cantonal elections of Bern 2010 on first position on the list "PIRATEN" in district Biel-Seeland and got 726 votes, which wasn't enough to gain a seat. At those elections Pirate Party Switzerland got 0.7% of all votes. At the national elections 2011 he was on list place 3 and got 4904 votes. Again Pirate Party Switzerland got 0.7% of all votes in the canton of Bern. Simonet owns a lobbyist passport for the federal parliament building which he got from Lukas Reimann, a national council of the political party "SVP".From December 13, 2010 to December 24, 2010 Simonet wrote about digital policy for the well known newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung and for the IT Magazine "Netzwoche" he was interviewed as an expert on surveillance and privacy. In his own blog he often writes about digital policy, some posts were already overtaken by the students portal students.ch and the newspaper Tagesanzeiger. He is a member of the committee for more transparency in politics and fights against the reintroduction of fixed book prizes as a member of the committee against expensive books.