Thomas Aeschi

Thomas Aeschi
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2011
ConstituencyCanton of Zug
Member of the Cantonal Council of Zug
In office
16 December 2010 – 28 August 2012
Personal details
Born
Thomas Aeschi

(1979-01-13) 13 January 1979 (age 45)
Baar, Zug, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
Domestic partnerValeria Geissbühler (engaged since 2022)
Children1
ResidenceBaar (Allenwinden)
EducationLisle Senior High School
Alma materUniversity of St. Gallen (Licentiate)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
OccupationBanker, consultant, politician
Signature
Websiteaeschi.com (in German)
Military service
Allegiance Switzerland
Branch/serviceSwiss Armed Forces
RankFirst Lieutenant

Thomas Aeschi (German pronunciation: [ˈtɒməs ˈɛʃi]; born 13 January 1979) is a Swiss businessman, politician and former banker. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2011.[1][2] He previously served on the Cantonal Council of Zug from 2010 to 2012.[3]

Early life and education

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Aeschi was born 13 January 1979 in Baar, Switzerland, the oldest of three sons, to Siegfried Aeschi, a tax consultant, and Margrit Aeschi (née Brun), who was a nurse.[4][5][6] He was raised in the hamlet of Allenwinden.

In 1996, he completed an international exchange year at Lisle Senior High School[7] in Lisle, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. He completed his education by earning a Type B Matura in 1998 and went to college at University of St. Gallen where he completed an undergraduate degree in Economics (class of 2002). Aeschi also obtained a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.[8]

Career

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In 2004, he started his banking career in M&A at Credit Suisse in Zurich, where he stayed in various positions until 2006. He currently is Managing Partner of his independent consulting firm Aeschi & Company, LLC in Baar. He is currently on various boards such as Helvetische Bank in Zurich founded by Thomas Matter.[9]

Political career

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His parliamentary career began in 2010 when he was elected to the Cantonal Council for a term of two years (2010-2012).[10] He was elected to the National Council in 2011. In November 2015, The SVP parliamentary Group in the federal council presented Aeschi as its official candidate for the 2015 federal council election and in 2017 he became president of the SVP Parliamentary Group.[11] From 2015 to 2021 he served as president of SVP Kanton Zug.[12] In 2022, he made a racist comment against Nigerians calling them rapists.[13] Apology was tendered on his behalf by a member of his parliamentary group.[14]

Personal life

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Since May 2022, Aeschi got engaged in Taormina, Italy to Valeria Geissbühler (*1991) to whom he got introduced at an event of the Swiss People's Party in 2019. She works as laboratory technician at the University of Zürich and currently also serves on the municipal council of Schübelbach.[15][16] They have one daughter;

  • Julia Aeschi (born February 2024)[17][18]

Aeschi resides in Baar, Switzerland.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Thomas Aeschi". SVP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. ^ zentralplus, Redaktion (2022-06-22). "Thomas Aeschi löst erneut einen Shitstorm auf Twitter aus". zentralplus (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ^ "Ratsmitglieder — Kantonsrat". zg-compwork.clex.ch. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  4. ^ "Thomas Aeschi - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ "Aeschi Steuer- & Unternehmensberatung GmbH". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  6. ^ "Thomas Aeschi (Facebook) Parlament Nationalrat SVP Bundesrat". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  7. ^ "Lisle High School alumni, pre-2000, Thomas Aeschi". lislehighschool.org. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  8. ^ "Luncheon". hcswitzerland.clubs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  9. ^ watson.ch, Corsin Manser (2 July 2022). "SRF-"Arena": SVP-Aeschi kritisiert Sanktionen gegen Russland". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  10. ^ "BUNDESRAT: Thomas Aeschi, wer sind Sie?". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  11. ^ "Aeschi hat beste Chancen – aber Bundesrat ist er noch nicht". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  12. ^ "Das schreiben die Sonntagszeitungen | Schweiz | Luzerner Zeitung". 2016-10-11. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  13. ^ Rosch, Benjamin (17 March 2022). "Aeschis rassistischer Ausfall im Nationalrat sorgt für Empörung". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  14. ^ "SVP Kanton Zug - Thomas Aeschi" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  15. ^ "Valeria Geissbühler". www.schuebelbach.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  16. ^ "SVP-Fraktionschef Thomas Aeschi wird Vater". 20 Minuten (in German). 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  17. ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2024-02-22). "SVP-Fraktionschef Thomas Aeschi ist Vater einer Tochter". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  18. ^ "SVP-Fraktionschef Thomas Aeschi ist Vater einer Tochter geworden". BärnToday – News aus der Region Bern (in Swiss High German). 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  19. ^ "lic. oec. HSG Thomas Aeschi in Baar". Moneyhouse (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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