Lutz Fischer (born November 1, 1967) is a German-born Swiss pastor and

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

( EVP). He serves on the

Grand Council of Aargau The Grand Council of Aargau () is the legislature of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau, in Switzerland. Aargau has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 140 seats, with members elected every four years. The most recent ele ...

for the

Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (, EVP), Swiss Evangelical Party (, PEV; , PEV), or Evangelical Party of Switzerland (, PEV) is a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, ...

since 2019. Additionally he serves on the municipal council of

Wettingen Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau. With a population about 20,000, Wettingen is the second-largest municipality in the canton. Geography Wettingen is located on the right bank of the Li ...

where he is also pastor. He is the son of Werner Fischer and brother to German politician

Axel Fischer Axel Eduard Fischer (born 5 May 1966) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU and has been a member of the German parliament from 1998 to October 2021, representing Karlsruhe-Land since 2002. Early life and education From 1989 until ...

Early life and education

Lutz Fischer grew up in

Stutensee Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort. In the meantime it h ...

and attended school there. His father is Werner Fischer, one of his two brothers is

. After graduating from the

Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Stutensee) Stutensee is a town in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1975 by the voluntary connection of the four villages of Blankenloch (with Büchig), Friedrichstal, Spöck and Staffort. In the meantime it h ...

, he studied protestant

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

Neuendettelsau Neuendettelsau is a local authority in Middle Franconia, Germany. Neuendettelsau is situated 20 miles southwest of Nuremberg and 12 miles east of Ansbach. Since 1947 it has a Lutheran seminary ( ''Augustana Hochschule''). Politics The mayor is C ...

Marburg Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...

and

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Career

From 1995 to 1997 he was vicar in

Sandhausen Sandhausen () is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of Heidelberg. Geography Location Sandhausen belongs to the Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan region. It is known for its sand ...

, after which he worked as a self-employed insurance advisor until the end of 1998 and completed his training as an insurance specialist (BWV). He held his first pastoral position in

Rechthalten Rechthalten is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sense (district), Sense, in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. It was known in French language, French as ''Dirlaret'' ( ...

in the

Canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

and was ordained Verbi Divini Minster (VDM) by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the canton of Fribourg on July 2, 2000. In August 2002 he joined the Aargau. There he was reformed pastor in Birmenstorf until March 2008, and since then he has been active in the Reformed parish of Wettingen- Neuenhof. Fischer also has a CAS in business administration for non-business administrators from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.

Politics

Fischer has been a member of the EPP since 2009. The Grand Council elections on October 23 2016 he brought in the district of Baden, the second most votes of the candidates of the EPP-list. After the resignation of

Lilian Studer Lilian Studer (born 20 December 1977) is a Swiss politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland, Evangelical People's Party since 2 December 2019. Since 2021, s ...

, who was elected to the

Swiss parliament The Federal Assembly, also known as the Swiss Parliament, is the federal bicameral parliament of Switzerland. It comprises the 200-seat National Council and the 46-seat Council of States. It meets in Bern in the Federal Palace. The house ...

in October 2019, he moved up to the Grand Council on November 19, 2019.Lutz Fischer
on the website of the Grand Council He was confirmed in office in the elections on October 18, 2020.

References

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Fischer Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher. People with the surname A * Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official * ...

1967 births Living people 21st-century Swiss politicians People from Baden District, Aargau