Lutz Fischer (born November 1, 1967) is a German-born Swiss pastor and politician (EVP). He serves on the Grand Council of Aargau for the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland since 2019.[1][2] Additionally he serves on the municipal council of Wettingen where he is also pastor.[3] He is the son of Werner Fischer and brother to German politician Axel Fischer.
Lutz Fischer | |
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 Portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the Grand Council of Aargau | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Lilian Studer |
| Constituency | Baden District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lutz Fischer November 1, 1967 Karlsruhe, West Germany (now Germany) |
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| Political party | Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland |
| Spouse | Kristin Lamprecht |
| Relations | Axel Fischer (brother) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent | Werner Fischer (father) |
| Website | Official website (in German) |
Early life and education edit
Lutz Fischer grew up in Stutensee and attended school there. His father is Werner Fischer, one of his two brothers is Axel Fischer.[4] After graduating from the Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Stutensee), he studied protestant theology in Neuendettelsau, Marburg and Munich.
Career edit
From 1995 to 1997 he was vicar in Sandhausen, after which he worked as a self-employed insurance advisor until the end of 1998 and completed his training as an insurance specialist (BWV).[5] He held his first pastoral position in Rechthalten in the Canton of Fribourg and was ordained Verbi Divini Minster (VDM) by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the canton of Fribourg on July 2, 2000.[6] In August 2002 he joined the Aargau. There he was reformed pastor in Birmenstorf until March 2008, and since then he has been active in the Reformed parish of Wettingen-Neuenhof. Fischer also has a CAS in business administration for non-business administrators from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.
Politics edit
Fischer has been a member of the EPP since 2009. The Grand Council elections on October 23 2016 he brought in the district of Baden, the second most votes of the candidates of the EPP-list. After the resignation of Lilian Studer, who was elected to the Swiss parliament in October 2019, he moved up to the Grand Council on November 19, 2019.[7][8] He was confirmed in office in the elections on October 18, 2020.
References edit
- ^ "Detail Adresse". www.ag.ch. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Grosser Rat - Der Aargau hat zwei neue Grossräte: Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht und Hans Pauli". Badener Tagblatt (in German). 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ Suter, Helen (2019-11-16). "Leserbeitrag - Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht wird Grossrat". Zuger Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Die gelb-schwarzen Brüder" Aargauer Zeitung online
- ^ Information about his profession on his website
- ^ Lutz Fischer Lamprecht ist ordiniert worden at E-Newspaper-Archiv of Freiburger Nachrichten
- ^ «Jetzt live:...» AZ-Online
- ^ Lutz Fischer on the website of the Grand Council