- Ulrich Schlüer
Ulrich Schlüer (born
1944 ) is a right wingSwiss politician , member of theSwiss People's Party of thecanton of Zürich . Schlüer studied History and German language at theUniversity of Zürich , receiving a PhD in 1978. He married in 1970 and is the father of four children.Schlüer acted as secretary to Swiss far-right politician
James Schwarzenbach , and in 1979 founded the nationalist-conservative "Schweizerzeit " newspaper.He was the mayor of
Flaach 1994-1998, and member of theSwiss National Council 1995 to 2007, when he lost his mandate in the 2007 federal election in spite of an overall gain of his party's popular support.In 2007, Schlüer's parliamentary immunity was suspended due to a lawsuit pressed by a journalist whom Schlüer had attacked in a "Schweizerzeit" article.In September 2007, Schlüer figured in an interview in "
The Independent ", in which he commented on UN special rapporteur on racismDoudou Diène , who had expressed concern over the "racist and xenophobic dynamic" in the campaign pursued by Schlüer's party that:"He's from Senegal where they have a lot of problems of their own which need to be solved. I don't know why he comes here instead of getting on with that." [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2938940.ece]Also in 2007, Schlüer co-launched a federal initiative for the ban of minarets.
External links
*http://www.schluer.ch/
*http://www.schweizerzeit.ch
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