Katharina Prelicz-Huber
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
2008–2011
Assumed office
2019
President of the VPOD
Assumed office
2010

Katharina Prelicz-Huber (born 12 October 1959, Bern) is a Swiss politician of the Green Party of Switzerland who serves as the president of the Swiss Union of Public Service Personnel (VPOD) and a member of the National Council.[1]

Political career

Prelicz-Huber was active in the politics in Zurich for many years, in the municipal council of Zürich from 1990 to 2003 and again from 2014 to 2019 as well as the cantonal council of Zurich from 2002 to 2008.[1] On 15 September 2008, she succeeded Ruth Genner, who had been elected to the executive council of Zurich, in the National Council.[2] She had a seat in the Grand Chamber until the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2011.[1] In the Federal Elections in October 2019, she was re-elected to the National Council.[3]

Political views

Prelicz-Huber supports the Swiss political traditions of a direct democracy and federalism.[4] She has also been an active member of the women's rights movement since 1991.[5]

Professional career

Prelicz-Huber is a former[6] professor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts[7] In March 2010 she succeeded Christine Goll as the president of the VPOD.[8]

Personal life

Prelicz-Huber is married, has a son.[9] Her places of origin are Winterthur, Zürich and Meilen.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Neu im Nationalrat: Katharina Prelicz-Huber". Berner Zeitung (in German). ISSN 1424-1021. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  3. ↑ Statistik, Bundesamt für (2019-10-20). "Nationalrat: Kandidierende bei den Nationalratswahlen 2019: Kanton Zürich: - 2019 | Tabelle". Bundesamt für Statistik (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  4. ↑ ""Money Plays a Growing Role in Swiss Democracy"". Democracy International e.V. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  5. ↑ Brügger, Nadine. "Frauenstreik: VPOD-Präsidentin will, dass Frauen zusammenstehen". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Skandalös hohe Kinderarmut - moneta - Magazin für Geld und Geist". www.moneta.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Politik muss genau hinschauen" (PDF). www.titelumwandlung.ch. InlIne. p. 30. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Katharina Prelicz-Huber ist neue VPOD-Präsidentin - Radio". Play SRF (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  9. 1 2 "Kurzbiografien und Porträts 2020 der Mitglieder des Nationalrates und des Ständerates" (PDF). www.bundespublikationen.admin.ch. p. 40. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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