Kurt Fluri (born August 1955 in Solothurn) is a Swiss politician of

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(FDP), and a member of the

National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the ...

. Fluri studied law at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

and

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

. He became a lawyer and notary of the

canton of Solothurn The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (german: Kanton Solothurn rm, Chantun Soloturn french: Canton de Soleure; it, Canton Soletta) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn. Hi ...

after nine years as a lawyer. In 1985 he was elected to the Municipal Council of the town of Solothurn, and in 1989, he was elected to the cantonal parliament of Solothurn. He was also Chairman of the FDP group from 1999 to 2003. From 1993 to 2021 he was mayor of Solothurn. After his election to the National Council, 2003, he gave up his seat in the cantonal parliament. Kurt Fluri is active today in the national Staatspolitischen Kommission and the Commission for Legal Affairs in the National Council.

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Website of Kurt Fluri
1955 births Living people People from Solothurn Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians FDP.The Liberals politicians Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Notaries {{Switzerland-politician-stub