Fritz Schiesser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Fritz Schiesser

Swiss politician

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1954

Place of Birth: Haslen, Switzerland

Profession: politician

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Fritz Schiesser (born 23 April 1954) is a Swiss lawyer and politician, member of the Swiss Council of States (1990-2007).
Schiesser became a Member of the Swiss Council of States in 1990 as a Free democrat.
President (speaker) of the Council of States in 2003/04.
He was also member of the Parliament of the Canton of Glarus from 1995 to 2009.
Member of the Swiss Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In November 2007, Schiesser was appointed President of the ETH-Board for 2008-2011.
The function being incompatible with the membership in the Council of States, Schiesser has to resign from the Council, despite his re-election a few weeks earlier.
In November 2011, he was reappointed as President of the ETH Board for 2012-2016.