Petra Gössi is a Swiss politician. She has served as a member of 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 ...

and has been the leader of the

FDP.The Liberals french: PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux it, PLR.I Liberali Radicali rm, PLD.Ils Liberals , logo = , caption = Logo of the party in French, German, and Italian , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Thierry Burkart ...

party since 2016. Gössi was born in Lucerne but raised in Küssnacht am Rigi in the canton of

Schwyz The town of Schwyz (; french: Schwytz; it, Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. The Federal Charter of 1291 or ''Bundesbrief'', the charter that eventually led to the foundation of Switzerland, can be seen at the ' ...

. She went to high school in Immensee and graduated from 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 ...

with a law degree. She worked as a tax and business consultant. In 2004, she was elected to the Cantonal Council of Schwyz. At the age of 32, she became the council president and served in that role until 2011, when she was elected to the National Council. She was also selected as the FDP leader in Schwyz. In 2016, Gössi succeeded Philipp Müller as the leader of the national FDP. She is the second woman to lead the party.

Personal life

Gössi is a native German speaker but speaks Italian well as her mother was from

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

. She also speaks French. She generally does not speak about her private life, only saying that she is in a partnership.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gössi, Petra 1976 births Living people 21st-century Swiss politicians Members of the National Council (Switzerland) University of Bern alumni Swiss women lawyers Women members of the National Council (Switzerland) People from the canton of Schwyz