Petra Gössi

Petra Gössi is a Swiss politician. She has served as a member of the Swiss National Council and has been the leader of the FDP.The Liberals party since 2016.

Petra Gössi
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
5 December 2011
ConstituencySchwyz
President of FDP.The Liberals
Assumed office
16 April 2016
Personal details
Born (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976
Lucerne, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Political partyFDP.The Liberals
Alma materUniversity of Bern
OccupationPolitician / Business Consultant

Gössi was born in Lucerne but raised in Küssnacht am Rigi in the canton of Schwyz. She went to high school in Immensee and graduated from the University of Bern with a law degree. She worked as a tax and business consultant.[1]

In 2004, she was elected to the Cantonal Council of Schwyz. At the age of 32, she became the council president and served in that role until 2011, when she was elected to the National Council. She was also selected as the FDP leader in Schwyz.[1]

In 2016, Gössi succeeded Philipp Müller as the leader of the national FDP.[2] She is the second woman to lead the party.[3]

Personal life

Gössi is a native German speaker but speaks Italian well as her mother was from Ticino. She also speaks French.[1]

She generally does not speak about her private life, only saying that she is in a partnership.[4]

References
  1. "Petra Gössi - eine geländegängige Freisinnige" (in German). 2016-04-02.
  2. "Petra Gössi ist die neue FDP-Präsidentin" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 2016-04-16.
  3. "Petra Gössi, nuova presidente dei liberali radicali" (in Italian). Swissinfo. 2016-04-18.
  4. "Gössis Schüsselloch". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 2016-02-21.
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