Josef "Gius" Wiederkehr (born 4 July 1970,

Dietikon Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area. Geography The ind ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) is a Swiss businessman and politician ( CVP). From 1999 to 2012, Wiederkehr was CVP-councilman in Dietikon. Since 2005, he has been a member of the

Cantonal Council of Zürich The Cantonal Council of Zürich (german: Zürcher Kantonsrat) is the legislature of the canton of Zürich, in Switzerland. Zürich has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 180 seats, with members elected every four years. Election ...

Life and career

Wiederkehr visited primary and secondary schools in Dietikon. After completing a mason's apprenticeship, he obtained his

Matura or its translated terms (''Mature'', ''Matur'', , , , , , ) is a Latin name for the secondary school exit exam or "maturity diploma" in various European countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech ...

(Type C) and studied

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

at the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

from 1993 to 1998. After receiving his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

, he returned to work. The Wiederkehr family has been active in the construction and scaffolding industry for four generations. Since 2000, Wiederkehr leads the family owned construction company, Josef Wiederkehr AG, S + W construction company and Bertani Baugerüste AG. Since March 2009, he is President of the Swiss Scaffolding-Entrepreneurs Association (SGUV). Since April 2015, Wiederkehr has been President of the Dietiker Industrie- und Handelsverein (IHV), since 2014, President of the Kantonaler Gewerbeverband (KGV) and from 2000 to 2014, president of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (AWG) of the Canton of Zurich. In addition, he is an active member of the Committee "Vorwärts Limmattal", the Committee for Regional Transport Solutions, as well as co-presidium member in the committee "Gateway: so nicht!". In the

Swiss army The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...

, Wiederkehr holds the rank of

colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

Politics

From 1999 to 2012, Josef Wiederkehr sat in the town council of the city of Dietikon for the CVP. In 2005, he was elected to the Zurich Cantonal Council. There he was Vice President of the Commission for Planning and Construction and Vice President of the Fraction, also he was a member of the Interfacional Conference (IFK). He was also Vice President of the CVP Canton of Zurich and CVP Dietikon and also on the Board of CVP Switzerland. On 18 October 2015, he ran for the National Council elections.

Publications

* Der Einfluss des Financial Accounting auf die Kapitalkosten einer Unternehmung. Treuhand-Kammer, Zürich 2005, . ( Dissertation)

References

External links

Website of Josef Wiederkehr

Josef Wiederkehr
on the website of the Cantonal Council of Zurich {{Authority control Swiss businesspeople University of Zurich alumni Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians 1970 births Living people People from Dietikon District