Ruth Metzler: “I devoted eight years of my life to politics and thirty to the private economy”

Ruth Metzler: “I devoted eight years of my life to politics and thirty to the private economy”
Ruth Metzler: “I devoted eight years of my life to politics and thirty to the private economy”

Vincent Bourquin

deputy editor-in-chief, Bern

Published on November 15, 2024 at 7:01 p.m. / Modified on November 15, 2024 at 9:27 p.m.

Ruth Metzler is campaigning. And she likes it. Friendly, but also determined and ambitious, the former PDC minister insists on her political and economic experience, which she wishes to put at the service of the umbrella organization of Swiss sport. If elected, she would succeed former SVP national councilor Jürg Stahl and become the first woman to hold such a position. In front of her, a man from the sporting world, Markus Wolf from Grisons, a former unihockey player and former director of Swiss Ski. It is the sports parliament which will decide on November 22 in Ittigen. There are 516 votes in play.

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