Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President 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 ...
from 2008 until 2020.
He has served as a member of the
Council of States from
Fribourg
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, website = www.ville-fribourg.ch
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since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the
National Council in from 2003 to 2012.
Levrat was born in
La Tour-de-Trême, now part of
Bulle
Bulle (; frp, Bulo ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême.
History
Ancient times
Bulle is first ...
in the Canton of Fribourg. He earned a bilingual law degree from
University of Fribourg
The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland.
The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisi ...
and a master's degree at the
University of Leicester
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, type = public research university
, endowment = £20.0 million
, budget = £326 million
, chancellor = David Willetts
, vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah
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.
He has citizenship in Pont (
Veveyse
Veveyse District (german: Bezirk Vivisbach; french: District de la Veveyse ; frp, District de la Vevêse ) is one of seven districts in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). It takes its name from the river Ve ...
), Le Crêt, Esmonts et Siviriez.
In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding
Hans-Jürg Fehr, who resigned after a weak showing in the
2007 Swiss federal election.
He led the party for 12 years and stepped down in October 2020 after the
Cédric Wermuth and
Mattea Meyer as Co-Presidents.
He was elected to the Council of States in 2012, taking 54.2 percent of the vote over Jacques Bourgeois of the
FDP. The Liberals.
References
External links
Parliament Bio
1970 births
Living people
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Members of the Council of States (Switzerland)
Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
University of Fribourg alumni
Alumni of the University of Leicester
21st-century Swiss politicians
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