Matthias Aebischer (born 18 October 1967 Schwarzenburg) is Swiss Journalist, moderator and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). He is a member of the National Council. In 2017, he sponsored a bill to ban import of animal that have undergone ritual slaughter.

Education and career

Matthias Aebischer received early educated in Schwarzenburg before going to teacher training college in Bern.^[1] He took a teaching career in Ligerz from 1988 to 1990, when he switched career to journalism and worked with then Radio Förderband. In 992, he left Radio Förderband to join Schweizer Radio DRS working there until 1994 when he moved to Swiss television. In 2001, he returned to his teaching career and taught Media and Communication at the University of Freiburg combining the job with his journalism work until 2015 when he left the university. He was an editor and moderator at the Tagesschau and Kassensturz and hosted a TV show Club from August 2006 to January 2009.^[2][3] He left journalism career as a reporter for thedaily News in 2011 when ran for National Council seat. He is a member and leader of several professional bodies including Pro Velo Schweiz where he served as president and the Swiss Association for Further Education (SVEB), an umbrella body for Swiss film and audiovisual industry Cinésuisse.^[4][5]

Political career

Aebischer was first elected to the National Council on 23 October 2011 on the ticket of SP to represent canton of Bern. In 2017, he introduced a bill to ban import of animals that went through ritual slaughter into the country.^[6][7] The bill faced opposition mostly from French-speaking Swiss consumers of such meat. He was re-elected to the Council in 2019 and serves on multiple Commissions including Transport and Telecommunications, Science (chairman 2014 – 2015), Education and Culture and currently serving as president of Judiciary Commission (2022 – 2023).^[8][9]

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