Robert Christian Cramer (born 7 February 1954 in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

) is a Swiss politician and member of the

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. He was educated as a lawyer at the

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. From 1988 to 1990, he was head of the cantonal section Green party of

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

. Cramer was a member of the municipal council of the city of

from 1995 to 1997 and cantonal council of the

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from 1997 to 2005. Cramer was elected as a representative of the

in the

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in the

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