Jürg Stahl (born 16 January 1968, in

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

) is a Swiss politician of the

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. He was a member of the National Council for the

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from 1999 to 2019 and served as the president of the National Council from 2016 to 2017.

Biography

Stahl underwent advanced training as a

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

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and graduated in 1992. He supplemented his education with a diploma in small business management at the

University of St. Gallen The University of St. Gallen (HSG) is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, that specialises in business administration, economics, law, international affairs, and computer science. It was established in 1898. It consistent ...

. Between 1996 and 2004, Stahl ran a pharmacy in

. In 2004 he was elected as a member of the management board of the

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company Group Mutuel. Stahl's career in politics began as a member of Winterthur's

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between 1994 and 2001. In 2001, he missed the election to Winterthur's "Stadtrat" (city

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) by a single vote. Stahl was elected to the National Council in 1999 and reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. In 2016, Stahl was elected to succeed Christa Markwalder as president of the National Council, only days after he had been elected as president of Swiss Olympic (succeeding Jörg Schild). In June 2018, he accepted a position with Schweizerischen Drogistenverband, the Swiss druggists association. He announced in February 2019 that he would not run for another term in the National Council. In 2020, Stahl was elected as the new president of the supervisory body of the

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, replacing interim president Felicitas Pauss. Stahl served in the

Swiss Air Force The Swiss Air Force (; ; ; ) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the Swiss Army, army and in October 1936 as an independent service. In peaceti ...

with the rank of

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. He is married and has a daughter.

References

External links

Personal website

Personal page on parlament.ch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stahl, Jürg 1968 births Living people Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2011–2015 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2007–2011 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2003–2007 Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland) Swiss People's Party politicians Swiss military officers