- Ruth Metzler
Infobox Politician
name=Ruth Metzler
imagesize=120px
office=Member of the Swiss Federal Council
term_start=1999
term_end=2003
predecessor =Arnold Koller
successor =Christoph Blocher
birth_date=birth date and age|1964|05|23
party=CVP/PDC|Ruth Metzler-Arnold (born
May 23 ,1964 ) is a Swiss politician and formermember of the Swiss Federal Council (1999-2003).She was elected to the
Swiss Federal Council onMarch 11 ,1999 , as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the Canton ofAppenzell Innerrhoden . During her time in office she has headed theFederal Department of Justice and Police . She won 14 referendums during her time in office.On
December 10 ,2003 , she became the third member of the council not to be reelected in the history of the Swiss Federal State. In the 2003 elections, her party lost many voters and theSwiss People's Party became the largest party of Switzerland. The Swiss People's party then requested another seat in the Federal Council. In the elections for the Federal Council onDecember 10 , the Federal Assembly did not reelect Ruth Metzler and electedChristoph Blocher instead. Ruth Metzler-Arnold kept her seat until the end of the year and Christoph Blocher succeeded her onJanuary 1 ,2004 .She published her account under the title "Grissini & Alpenbitter", 2004, ISBN 3-85882-388-0.
She was teaching between February 2004 and July 2004 at the
University of St. Gallen a class called "Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten in der Politik" which can be translated as "scope for design in politics". Since April 2005 she has been working as a lawyer for the Swiss pharmaceutical companyNovartis inParis . Her job title isCorporate General Counsel .External links
*http://www.ruthmetzler.ch Personal website launched for the sale of her book.
*Swiss Federal Councillor|108
*HDS|44059|author=Franz Xaver Bischof|date=2007-11-27
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