Yvonne Feri (born 21 March 1966) is a

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politician who has served as a member of the National Council since 2011.

Life

Born in

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and raised in nearby

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, Feri worked at the Swiss Farmers Union under an apprenticeship after graduating from school, and shortly after moved into politics. Her first elected political position was to the

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, and served in their council from 1998 to 2008. She also served as a member of the municipal council for

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during that time, serving from 2001 to 2005. After her term on the Grand Council ended, Feri served as the Zürich Teachers Association's chief executive. In 2011, she ran for a seat on the National Council, and placed fourth out 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) candidates. Three were elected to the Council, so she was the first alternate should a seat open up. Less than two months after the election, Pascale Bruderer resigned as she had been elected to the Council of States, opening a seat up for Feri. A year later, she became President of SP Frauen Schweiz, the SP Women's Division. After being re-elected to the National Council in 2015, she ran for the Executive Committee of

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the following year, but lost the election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feri, Yvonne Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians 1966 births Living people Aargau politicians Women members of the National Council (Switzerland) 21st-century Swiss women politicians 21st-century Swiss politicians