Hans Fehr
Official portrait, 2007
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
In office 4 December 1995 – 29 November 2015
Constituency	Canton of Zurich
Member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich
In office 1991–1995
Personal details
Born	Hans Fehr (1947-01-14) 14 January 1947 Berg am Irchel, Switzerland
Spouse	Ursula Fehr
Children	2, including Nina
Occupation	Educator, publicist and politician
Website	Parliament website Official website
Military service
Allegiance	Switzerland
Branch/service	Swiss Armed Forces
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel

Hans Fehr^[1] (German pronunciation: [hans feːɐ]; born 14 January 1947) is a Swiss educator, publicist and politician who served on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party from 1995 to 2015.^[2] He previously served on the Cantonal Council of Zurich from 1991 to 1995 until he was elected to National Council in the 1995 Swiss federal election. In the 2023 Swiss federal election, his daughter, Nina Fehr Düsel, was elected to National Council.^[3][4][5]

Life

Fehr was born 14 January 1947 in Berg am Irchel in the Zurich Highlands. He completed the Winterthur Cantonal School in 1967 and studied teaching at the Teaching Seminary of Zurich from 1967 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1974. Until 1984, Fehr was a secondary school teacher in Flaach and Eglisau.

From 1985 to 1988, he was the general secretary of the Swiss People's Party in the Canton of Zurich followed by position as general director of AUNS which he held until 2010. Ever since he has been an independent project manager for larger events.^[6]

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