Mathias Zopfi | |
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| Member of the Council of States of Switzerland | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
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| Born | 14 December 1983 Glarus Süd, Glarus, Switzerland |
| Political party | Green Party of Switzerland |
| Website | mathiaszopfi.ch |
Mathias Zopfi is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Council of States (Canton of Glarus, Green Party of Switzerland).
Zopfi studied law at the University of Zurich. He was admitted as a notary in the canton of Glarus in 2015. [1] Zopfi served in the military and achieved the rank of Captain. Later, he worked for Auer Meier Zopfi AG.
In the 2019 parliamentary elections, he was surprisingly elected to the Council of States for the canton of Glarus, replacing the previous mandate holder Werner Hösli (SVP). [2] [3] He was re-elected in 2023. [4]
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