- Jost Gross
Jost Gross (
March 1 1946 –May 6 2005 ) was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. From 1995 to his death he had a seat in the National Council.Gross was born in
Flawil , Switzerland. He was educated as alawyer and taught at theUniversity of St. Gallen . From 1979 to 1987 he belonged to the executive branch ofSteckborn . From 1980 to 1984 he was in the legislative of the canton ofThurgau ("Grosser Rat"). Also from 1980 to 1984 he was president of the Social Democratic party in Thurgau. He was president of the trade union Thurgau ("Gewerkschaftsbund") andPro Mente Sana since 1994. In 1995 he was elected to the National Council as a representative for Thurgau.He died while playing football at an international parliamentary tourney in
Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg ,Germany .His successor in the National Council was
Edith-Graf Litscher who was sworn in onMay 30 2005.External links
* [http://www.jost-gross.ch/ Personal Web site (German)]
*Parliament.ch|324|language=German
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