Jürg Grossen

Jürg Grossen (born 24 August 1969) is a Swiss politician. He is a member of the National Council. Since 2017, he has been the president of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland.

Jürg Grossen
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
5 December 2011
ConstituencyCanton of Bern
President of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
Assumed office
26 August 2017
Preceded byMartin Bäumle
Personal details
Born(1969-08-24)24 August 1969
Frutigen, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Political partyGreen Liberal Party of Switzerland
OccupationElectrical planner/Entrepreneur

Biography

Grossen was born in the town of Frutigen in the Canton of Bern. He apprenticed as an electrical planner and worked for a solar energy company. After the death of the company's owner, Grossen and a colleague were left in charge of the firm.[1]

He joined the Green Liberal Party, which was founded in 2007 and later opened a cantonal affiliate in Bern. In 2011, he ran for the National Council. Grossen was elected as the party increased its vote share to 5.4% with 12 seats.[2] In 2015, he was re-elected.

Grossen was named as a party vice president in 2016. In 2017, the party president, Martin Bäumle announced his intent to leave the post. Grossen was elected to succeed Bäumle.[3]

In the 2019 election, Grossen was re-elected and the Green Liberals increased the vote share to 7.8%, taking 16 seats.[4]

Grossen has advocated for the end of nuclear power in Switzerland.[5] He is a supporter of marriage equality. As part of his party's climate plan, Grossen supported ending subsidies to cattle farmers to reduce meat consumption and increase payments to plant-based products.[6]

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References
  1. "Jürg Grossen: Erst zuhören, dann schiessen". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). 2017-11-26.
  2. "Parliamentary groups of the 48th legislative period 2007-2011". Federal Assembly of Switzerland. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. "Jürg Grossen neuer GLP-Präsident". Bote der Urschweiz (in German). 2017-08-26.
  4. Michel, Felix; Metzler, Aline; Schmidli, Julian; Zehr, Angelo (21 October 2019). "The Swiss Elections 2019: All Results in Detail". Swissinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "The cost of quitting nuclear energy". Swissinfo.com. 2016-11-01.
  6. "GLP fordert Fleischverzicht". Blick (in German). 2020-07-18.
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