Trix Heberlein
{{short description|Swiss politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Trix Heberlein
|image =Trix Heberlein.jpg
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|office1=Member of the Council of States of Switzerland
|term_start1=1 December 2003
|term_end1=2 December 2007
|predecessor1=
|successor1=
|office2=Member of the National Council of Switzerland
|term_start2=13 March 1991
|term_end2=11 November 2003
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|successor2=
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|07|17|df=y}}
|birth_place = St. Gallen, Switzerland
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|nationality = Swiss
|party = Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
|alma_mater = University of Zurich
|occupation=Lawyer
}}
Trix Heberlein-Ruff (born 17 July 1942, in St. Gallen{{Cite web|title=Ratsmitglied ansehen|url=https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/trix-heberlein/107|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Federal Assembly}}) is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a former president of the National Council of Switzerland.
Life and career
Heberlein attended primary school in Teufen, later cantonal school in St. Gallen and earned her Matura in 1961. She subsequently studied law at the University of Zurich and earned a license degree in 1965. Later she took the lawyer exam.{{Cite web|date=4 October 2003|title=Trix Heberlein (fdp.)|url=https://www.nzz.ch/article94SOS-1.312338|access-date=23 March 2021|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung}}
Political career
Heberlein was elected into the Cantonal Council of Zurich in 1979 which she was a part of until 1991. From 1991 to 2003, she was a member of the National Council which she chaired from November 1998 to December 1999. Then she represented the canton of Zurich in the Council of States from 2003 to 2007.{{Cite web|title=Abschied vom Bundeshaus|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/abschied-vom-bundeshaus/6182120|access-date=2021-03-23|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=de}} On 20 December 2006, she announced she would retire by the end of her term. From 1998 to 2014, Heberlein chaired the foundation {{ill|Swisstransplant|de}} that promotes organ donation.{{cite news|last=Rederer|first=Katharina|date=March 2014|title="Es war eine Riesenarbeit"|pages=9|newspaper=Swisstransplant News|issue=22|url=http://www.swisstransplant.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Swisstransplant/Magazin/SWTx_News_No22_D.pdf#page=9|lang=de}} After she resigned from the Council of States she was the president of {{Interlanguage link|Zewo|lt=Zewo|de}}, a foundation which certifies NGO's. between 2008 and 2015.{{Cite web|title=Kurt Grüter succède à Trix Heberlein à la présidence de Zewo|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/kurt-grueter-succ%C3%A8de-%C3%A0-trix-heberlein-%C3%A0-la-pr%C3%A9sidence-de-zewo/41865334|access-date=2021-03-23|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=fr}}
Personal life
Since 1967 she has been married to lawyer Robert Heberlin, with whom she has two daughters. She is a proficient skier and during her political career she organized several Ski races between Swiss parliamentarians, and interparliamenetarian races with members of the parliaments of either Austria or Great Britain.{{Cite web|date=9 February 2003|title=Fesch ist sie, die Schweiz|url=https://www.nzz.ch/article8NTRM-1.211207|access-date=23 March 2021|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung}} Her places of origin are Zumikon and Wattwil.
References
External links
- {{Parlament.ch|107}}
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Category:20th-century Swiss women politicians
Category:21st-century Swiss women politicians
Category:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Category:Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)
Category:Women members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Category:Women members of the Council of States (Switzerland)
Category:University of Zurich alumni
Category:People from St. Gallen (city)
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1991–1995
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1995–1999
Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1999–2003
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