Roger Köppel

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Roger Jürg Köppel
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Personal details
Born
Roger Jürg Köppel

(1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 58)
Zürich
Political partySwiss People's Party (SVP)

Roger Jürg Köppel (born 1965) is a Swiss politician, journalist, entrepreneur and publicist.[1] He is currently a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). He also holds the position of publisher and editor-in-chief at the right-wing Swiss weekly magazine Die Weltwoche, a position that he has held since 2006. In the past he served as editor-in-chief of Die Welt from 2004 until 2006. Köppel joined the Swiss People's Party (SVP) in 2015 and contested the Swiss federal elections. He was elected as a member of the National Council and thereafter selected for the Foreign Affairs Committee.[2][3][1][4][5]

Early life and education

Köppel was born in Zürich. His mother was a secretary, while his father worked as a mason and a builder, and came to own a renovation company called Köppel AG. His mother was Protestant; his father, a Catholic.[6] Both of Köppel's parents died during his teen years and he, along with his younger brother, who was ten at the time, and his girlfriend, moved in with his grandparents.[7][8][9] He graduated from Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland. He then studied in the University of Zurich's Department of Political Philosophy and Economic History. He completed his Licentiate in 1995. His thesis on Carl Schmitt, Autorität und Mythos: Carl Schmitt und die Wiederverzauberung staatlicher Gewalt (1916–1938) ("Authority and Myth: Carl Schmitt and the Re-enchantment of State Power") was written in collaboration with the Swiss philosopher Georg Köhler.[10][11][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ Wedl, Johanna (26 February 2015). "Köppel will "nicht an Seitenlinie stehen" | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Roger Köppel deklassiert drei SVP-Nationalräte". Handelszeitung. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Die Weltwoche | Weltwoche Online – www.weltwoche.ch: Impressum / Disclaimer". www.weltwoche.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Le journaliste zurichois Roger Köppel candidat UDC au Conseil national" (in French). Radio Télévision Suisse. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Roger Köppel: «Die Kirchen sind eine unterbewertete Aktie in der Schweiz»". kath.ch. 13 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ Machac, Lucie; Steiner, Jürg (30 March 2015). ""Bern verschenkt die Kernwerte der Schweiz"". Berner Zeitung, Berner Zeitung (in German). ISSN 1424-1021. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b ""Die Gegenposition zum Mainstream ist immer richtig" | Medienwoche". Medienwoche (in German). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ^ Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (10 January 2012), Schawinski – Roger Köppel bei Schawinski, retrieved 28 November 2017
  10. ^ Köppel, Roger (1995). Autorität und Mythos: Carl Schmitt und die Wiederverzauberung staatlicher Gewalt (1916–1938) (in German).
  11. ^ Köppel, Roger (1995). Autorität und Mythos: Carl Schmitt und die Wiederverzauberung staatlicher Gewalt (1916–1938) (Thesis) (in German). Zürich. OCLC 637840711.
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