Natalie Rickli

Natalie Simone Rickli (born 19 November 1976 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party.

Natalie Rickli
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
2007 (2007)  2 June 2019
Succeeded byMartin Haab
Member of the Executive Council of Zürich
Assumed office
24 March 2019
Director of Health of the Canton of Zürich
Assumed office
24 March 2019
Personal details
Born
Natalie Simone Rickli

(1976-11-19) 19 November 1976
Winterthur, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
Websitenatalie-rickli.ch

Biography

She was elected as member of the National Council of Switzerland from the Canton of Zürich in 2007. In March 2019, she was elected to the Executive Council of Zürich and appointed as the Director of Health.[1][2]

She's a member of a Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland.[3]

In 2014, a rap group composed a song that targeted Rickli with sexually charged lyrics. The group was prosecuted in Zürich and found guilty of defamation and abuse. That verdict was upheld by the cantonal court. The courts, however, found that the rappers were not guilty of sexual harassment in the grounds that Rickli did not listen to the song. A victim of harassment would have to be present to hear the abuse. The case was later sent to the federal courts, which also acquitted in the charge of sexual harassment.[4][5]

References

  1. "Erwartbar, aber knapper als gedacht: Natalie Rickli zieht in die Zürcher Regierung ein" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2019-03-24.
  2. "Rickli kriegt Gesundheit, Neukom den Bau" (in German). Blick. 2019-05-06.
  3. ASIN Bulletin, Élections fédérales 2015: 43 membres de l'ASIN à Berne, n°178, december 2015, p.3
  4. "Strafe gegen Sexisten-Rapper verschärft" (in German). Blick. 2018-12-29.
  5. "Natalie Rickli erhält nach Urteil linken Support" (in German). Nau.ch. 2019-11-20.


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