Mario Fehr (born 1958 in

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) is a Swiss politician. As member 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 ...

(SP), he served in the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 1991 to 2000 and the

Swiss National Council 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 ...

from 1999 to 2011. In 2011 he was first elected to the seven-member

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, where he led the ministry of security. He was re-elected in 2015 (second highest share of votes) and 2019 (highest share of votes). He left the Social Democratic Party in 2021 over disputes with the cantonal SP leadership and has since continued to serve as an independent. He is a lawyer by profession.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehr, Mario 1958 births Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians