Cédric Wermuth

Cédric Wermuth
Personal details
Born	19 February 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 25) Jegenstorf, Switzerland
Political party	SP

Cédric Wermuth (born 19 February 1986, Jegenstorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician. From 2008 to 2011, he was President of the Young Socialists. Currently he is serving as Vice President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. He was elected to the National Council of Switzerland as a representative of the canton of Aargau in 2011. He lives in Baden.

Political career

Since 1999 he is a member of the Young Socialists. After serving in that party as Secretary General, he was elected as President in 2008 ^[1] and Vice President of the Social Democratic Party. After a failed candidature on cantonal level, he was endowed with a mandate from the Baden.

Wermuth resigned as President of the Young Socialists in March 2011. On 23 October 2011, he was elected to the National Council of Switzerland. He marks the left wing of the Social Democratic Party.

Divers

Wermuth achieved national medial attention for smoking Cannabis during a discussion about a Constitutional amendment concerning this topic in 2008.^[2] A case of squatting two unoccupied hotels from 2009 lead to a suspended sentence ^[3] in 2010.

He currently studies political science, economics, economic and social history at the University of Zurich.

References

1. ^ [1], 7 June 2008; Neue Zürcher Zeitung
2. ^ [2], 28 June 2008; 20 Minuten
3. ^ [3], 18 February 2010; Tages-Anzeiger

See also

• Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

Persondata
Name	Wermuth, Cédric
Alternative names
Short description	Swiss politician
Date of birth	19 February 1986
Place of birth	Jegenstorf
Date of death
Place of death