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Ruth Metzler

member of the Swiss Federal Council
Person human Q464007

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[10]
Date of birth
May 23, 1964
Place of birth
Sursee
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[6]
Occupation
politician, manager
Position held
Member of the Swiss Federal Council, president[7]
Educated at
University of Fribourg[8]
Religion or worldview
Catholicism[9]
Member of political party
Christian Democratic People's Party[11]
Spouse
Stephan Zimmermann[5]
Work location
Bern[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[18]
Family name
Metzler[13]
Given name
Ruth[14]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Reiden, Willisau[16][17]
Name in native language
Ruth Metzler[19]
P14527
22166[20]
Residence
Appenzell[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ruth Metzler en Ruth Metzler-Arnold ar روث أرنولد de Ruth Metzler-Arnold es Ruth Metzler-Arnold fr Ruth Metzler he רות מצלר ja ルート・メツナー＝アルノルト nl Ruth Metzler pt Ruth Metzler ru Метцлер-Арнольд, Рут ru Метцлер, Рут ru Рут Метцлер ru Рут Метцлер-Арнольд uk Рут Мецлер zh 露特·梅茨勒 zh-hans 露特·梅茨勒-阿努尔德 zh-hant 露特·梅茨勒-阿努爾德
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
000000012021184X
VIAF cluster ID
13379502
Library of Congress authority ID
no2005034119
GND ID
129123846
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ruth Metzler-Arnold, 2016 (cropped).jpg ↗
BDELIS ID
50033
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
129123846
Dodis ID
P37085
FAST ID
1609867
Freebase ID
/m/01jxrc
HDS ID
044059
IdRef ID
26183567X
Show all 21 identifiers +9
JRC Names ID
327856
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
129123846
Munzinger person ID
00000022949
Olympedia people ID
2000888
OpenSanctions ID
Ruth Metzler
Perlentaucher ID
ruth-metzler
Swiss parliament ID
804
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxcYfyMjh79Qwf6Yr4cyd
Yale LUX ID
person/55b74170-6008-44a7-a8a7-61b53c786087

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🔗 Connections
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 2
Willisau, Reiden
Occupation 2
politician, manager
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
University of Fribourg
Family name 1
Metzler
Given name 1
Ruth
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of political party 1
Christian Democratic People's Party
OpenSanctions ID 1
Ruth Metzler
Place of birth 1
Sursee
Position held 1
president
Religion or worldview 1
Catholicism
Residence 1
Appenzell
Sex or gender 1
female
Work location 1
Bern
← OpenSanctions ID 1
Ruth Metzler
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Summary

Ruth Metzler was born on May 23, 1964[1], in Sursee[2]. She has worked as a politician[3] and manager[4].

FAQs

Where was Ruth Metzler born?

Ruth Metzler was born in Sursee[2].

Who was Ruth Metzler married to?

Ruth Metzler's spouses include Stephan Zimmermann[5].

What did Ruth Metzler do for work?

Ruth Metzler worked as a politician[3] and manager[4].

Where did Ruth Metzler go to school?

Ruth Metzler was educated at University of Fribourg[8].

Related Entities

Bern Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . blick.ch. blick.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . parlament.ch council member database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ruthmetzler.ch. ruthmetzler.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Munzinger Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  4. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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