Christian Levrat

{{short description|Swiss politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Christian Levrat

| image = Christian Levrat, 2019 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Christian Levrat, in 2019

| imagesize =

| office = President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

| term_start = 1 March 2008

| term_end = 18 October 2020

| predecessor = Hans-Jürg Fehr

| successor = Cédric Wermuth
Mattea Meyer

|office2 = Member of the Council of States

|term_start2 = 29 May 2012

|constituency2 = Fribourg

|predecessor2 = Alain Berset

|office3 = Member of the National Council of Switzerland

|term_start3 = 1 December 2003

|term_end3 = 28 May 2012

|successor3 = Ursula Schneider

|constituency3 = Fribourg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = La Tour-de-Trême, Switzerland

|party = Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

| alma_mater = University of Fribourg
University of Leicester

|profession =Labor lawyer/politician

}}

Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 2008 until 2020.{{cite news |url= https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/christian-levrat-lascer%C3%A0-in-aprile-la-presidenza-del-ps/45362536 |title= Christian Levrat lascerà in aprile la presidenza del PS |language=Italian |publisher=Swissinfo |date=2019-11-12}} He has served as a member of the Council of States from Fribourg since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the National Council in from 2003 to 2012. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Post in 2021.{{cite web |title=Board of Directors - Swiss Post |url=https://www.post.ch/en/about-us/profile/board-of-directors-swiss-post |website=Swiss Post |access-date=2024-06-01}}

Levrat was born in La Tour-de-Trême, now part of Bulle in the Canton of Fribourg. He earned a bilingual law degree from University of Fribourg and a master's degree at the University of Leicester.

He has citizenship in Pont (Veveyse), Le Crêt, Esmonts et Siviriez.{{cite web |url= https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/christian-levrat/1150 |title=Christian Levrat |website=Federal Assembly |accessdate=2019-12-25}}

In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding Hans-Jürg Fehr, who resigned after a weak showing in the 2007 Swiss federal election.{{cite news |url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/12-jahre-lang-fuehrte-bulldozer-christian-levrat-die-sp-zum-erfolg-jetzt-tritt-er-ab-139504192 |title= 12 Jahre lang führte "Bulldozer" Christian Levrat die SP zum Erfolg – jetzt tritt er ab |language=de |work=Aargauer Zeitung |date=2020-10-16}} He led the party for 12 years and stepped down in October 2020 after the Cédric Wermuth and Mattea Meyer as Co-Presidents.{{cite news |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/cedric-wermuth-mattea-meyer-copresidence-ps |title=Cédric Wermuth and Mattea Meyer at the co-presidency of the PS |language=fr |work=Le Temps |date=2020-10-17}}

He was elected to the Council of States in 2012, taking 54.2 percent of the vote over Jacques Bourgeois of the FDP. The Liberals.{{cite news |url= http://www.lagruyere.ch/2012/03/un-gru%C3%A9rien-au-conseil-des-etats.html |title= Un Gruérien au Conseil des Etats |language=fr |work=La Gruyere |date=2012-03-12}}