Karin Keller-Sutter
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Karin Keller-Sutter is a Swiss
politician of the FDP
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before moving to Neuchâtel. She studied language interpretation at Dolmetscherschule Zürich. She then worked in a private capacity while studying political science in London and Montréal. She also achieved a pedagogy post-grad from Fribourg university and worked as a professor in a professional school.
Keller-Sutter undertook a political career as a municipal councilor between 1992 and 2000. She presided the municipal assembly in 1997.
From 1996 to 2000, she was a deputy of the Kantonsrat, while presiding the local arm of the FDP.
On 12 March 2000, Keller-Sutter was elected to the Regierungsrat, where she was appointed to the department for security and justice. She was also vice-president of the conference of cantonal directors for justice and police. She presided the government in 2006-2007.
On 19 August 2010, Keller-Sutter was a candidate for the Swiss Federal Council
to succeed Hans-Rudolf Merz
.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
politician of the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
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Biography
Keller-Sutter lived her childhood in WilWil
Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St...
before moving to Neuchâtel. She studied language interpretation at Dolmetscherschule Zürich. She then worked in a private capacity while studying political science in London and Montréal. She also achieved a pedagogy post-grad from Fribourg university and worked as a professor in a professional school.
Keller-Sutter undertook a political career as a municipal councilor between 1992 and 2000. She presided the municipal assembly in 1997.
From 1996 to 2000, she was a deputy of the Kantonsrat, while presiding the local arm of the FDP.
On 12 March 2000, Keller-Sutter was elected to the Regierungsrat, where she was appointed to the department for security and justice. She was also vice-president of the conference of cantonal directors for justice and police. She presided the government in 2006-2007.
On 19 August 2010, Keller-Sutter was a candidate for the Swiss Federal Council
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....
to succeed Hans-Rudolf Merz
Hans-Rudolf Merz
Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and member of the Swiss Federal Council . He is the head of the Federal Department of Finance and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009...
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