Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

from 2008 until 2020. He has served as a member of the Council of States from

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () o ...

since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the National Council in from 2003 to 2012. Levrat was born in

La Tour-de-Trême Bulle (; frp, Bulo ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême. History Ancient times Bulle is fir ...

, now part of

Bulle Bulle (; frp, Bulo ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême. History Ancient times Bulle is first ...

in the Canton of Fribourg. He earned a bilingual law degree from

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius ...

and a master's degree at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

. He has citizenship in Pont (

Veveyse Veveyse District (german: Bezirk Vivisbach; french: District de la Veveyse ; frp, District de la Vevêse ) is one of seven districts in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). It takes its name from the river Ve ...

), Le Crêt, Esmonts et Siviriez. In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding

Hans-Jürg Fehr Hans-Jürg Fehr (born 1948) is a Swiss politician and was from 2004–2008 the president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. He was succeeded by Christian Levrat. On 26 October 2007, following the losses at the general elections A ...

, who resigned after a weak showing in the

2007 Swiss federal election Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 Novembe ...

. He led the party for 12 years and stepped down in October 2020 after the

Cédric Wermuth Cédric Wermuth (born 19 February 1986) is a Swiss politician and the co-president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP), for which he represents the canton of Aargau in the National Council of Switzerland. He is a former president of t ...

and

Mattea Meyer Mattea Julia Meyer (born 9 November 1987 in Basel; resident in Villmergen and Opfikon) is a Swiss politician, a member of the Swiss National Council and co-president of the Swiss Social Democratic Party. Early life and education Mattea Meye ...

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.

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