Thomas Hurter | |
Birth Name: | Thomas August Hurter |
Office: | Member of National Council (Switzerland) |
Termstart: | 3 December 2007 |
Constituency: | Canton of Schaffhausen |
Party: | Swiss People's Party |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1963 |
Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Alma Mater: | Heriot-Watt University (MBA) |
Children: | 2 |
Branch: | Swiss Air Force |
Rank: | Captain |
Occupation: | Commercial pilot, politician |
Thomas August Hurter (born 1 November 1963) is a Swiss politician and former commercial pilot.[1] He currently serves as member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2007.[2] He also served on the Cantonal Council of Schaffhausen from 2005 to 2016.[3] [4] Since September 2016 he serves as president of ACS.[5] Hurter was previously a pilot for the Swiss Air Force and Swissair/Swiss International Air Lines.[6] He is married to Cornelia Stamm Hurter, a member of the governing council of Schaffhausen.[7]