| Christian Levrat | |
| Office: | President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| Term Start: | 1 March 2008 |
| Term End: | 18 October 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Hans-Jürg Fehr |
| Successor: | Cédric Wermuth Mattea Meyer |
| Office2: | Member of the Council of States |
| Term Start2: | 29 May 2012 |
| Constituency2: | Fribourg |
| Predecessor2: | Alain Berset |
| Office3: | Member of the National Council of Switzerland |
| Term Start3: | 1 December 2003 |
| Term End3: | 28 May 2012 |
| Successor3: | Ursula Schneider |
| Constituency3: | Fribourg |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1970 |
| Birth Place: | La Tour-de-Trême, Switzerland |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| Alma Mater: | University of Fribourg University of Leicester |
| Profession: | Labor lawyer/politician |
Christian Levrat (born 7 July 1970) is a Swiss politician. He served as the President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland from 2008 until 2020.[1] He has served as a member of the Council of States from Fribourg since 2012. Prior to the Council of states, He was a member of the National Council in from 2003 to 2012. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Post in 2021.[2]
Levrat was born in La Tour-de-Trême, now part of Bulle in the Canton of Fribourg. He earned a bilingual law degree from University of Fribourg and a master's degree at the University of Leicester.
He has citizenship in Pont (Veveyse), Le Crêt, Esmonts et Siviriez.[3]
In 2008, he was elected as the President of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding Hans-Jürg Fehr, who resigned after a weak showing in the 2007 Swiss federal election.[4] He led the party for 12 years and stepped down in October 2020 after the Cédric Wermuth and Mattea Meyer as Co-Presidents.[5]
He was elected to the Council of States in 2012, taking 54.2 percent of the vote over Jacques Bourgeois of the FDP. The Liberals.[6]