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Alexander Tschäppät
politician
- April 16, 1952
- May 4, 2018
- 66 years
- cancer
About Alexander Tschäppät
Alexander Tschäppät, 66, Swiss politician, National Councillor (1979–1991, 2011–2018), Mayor of Bern (2005–2016), cancer.
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|Alexander Tschäppät (16 April 1952 – 4 May 2018) was a Swiss politician. Tschäppät was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. He has been a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 1991 to 2003 and again 2011 to 2018. He was mayor (Stadtpräsident) of Bern 2005 until 2016.
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Tschäppät was born on 16 April 1952 in Bern to Reynold Tschäppät and Lily Bürki.
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