Werner Marti
{{Short description|Swiss lawyer and politician}}
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Werner Marti (born 20 April 1957 in Glarus; Place of origin: Sool) is a Swiss lawyer and politician in the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). He was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1991 until the end of 2008.
Biography
Werner Marti was a member of the municipal council of Sool and the {{Interlanguage link multi|Landrat (Glarus)|de|3=Landrat (Glarus)|lt=Landrat}} of the Canton of Glarus from 1986 until 1990. From 1990 until 1998 he was a member of the Conseil d'État of Glarus. From 1996 until 2004, Marti worked as {{Interlanguage link multi|Preisüberwacher|de}}. In the SP leadership election of 2004, he was defeated by Hans-Jürg Fehr.[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/aktuell/hans-juerg_fehr_-_ein_mann_des_ausgleichs_1.575151.html NZZ (26 October 2007)] From 25 November 1991, Werner Marti was a member of the Swiss National Council. He put himself forward as a candidate in the 10 February 2008 by-election for the seat on the Council of States which had been left vacant after the resignation of Fritz Schiesser, but he was defeated by {{Interlanguage link multi|Pankraz Freitag|de}}.[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/klarer_sieg_fuer_pankraz_freitag_in_glarus_1.669005.html Klarer Sieg für Pankraz Freitag in Glarus] Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 10. Februar 2008
Marti resigned from the National Council at the end of 2008 and on 1 January 2009 he joined the executive council of {{Interlanguage link multi|AlpTransit Gotthard AG|de}}, of which he was elected president in spring 2009.[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/werner_marti_nationalrat_ruecktritt_1.1155914.html SP-Nationalrat Werner Marti tritt zurück] NZZ Online (23 October 2008) On 18 December 2009, he was elected as the new president of the executive council of {{Interlanguage link multi|Billag|de}}, active from 1 January 2010.
References
External links
- {{Parlament.ch|140|Werner Marti}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007234611/http://www.sotomo.ch/spider46/nr/2308.html |title=Politprofil von Werner Marti (Abstimmungsverhalten im Nationalrat, 46. Legislatur, 1999–2003 |date=7 October 2013}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021041307/http://www.sp-ps.ch/index.php?id=202 |date=21 October 2007 |title=Werner Marti auf der Webseite der SP Schweiz }}
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Category:People from the canton of Glarus