Christian Lohr (born May 5, 1962) is a Swiss politician of the party The Centre (DM, CVP until 2021). He is a member of the National Council.

Career

After passing the

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, he studied economics at the

University of Constance The University of Konstanz () is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's southernmost university and is s ...

and became a journalist and publisher. He is also teaching at several institutes of higher education and on the board of multiple advocacy groups for

disability rights The disability rights movement is a global social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all disabled people. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around ...

. From 1994 to 2008 he served as the president of the Swiss disability sports group ''Plusport Behindertensport Schweiz'' and since 1999 he served on the board of Pro Infirmis.''Organisation. Vorstand.''
Website of Pro Infirmis. In 1999 he was elected to the local council of his hometown of Kreuzlingen. From 2000 to 2014 he was in the legislature of Thurgau and became its president in 2008 and 2009. In 2011 he was placed second in the elections for the National Council within the CVP list; however he was able to enter the National Council since the person with the most votes, Brigitte Häberli-Koller, was elected to the Council of States and declined her seat in the National Council. Lohr was born with serious birth defects caused by his mother's exposure during pregnancy to the drug

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, he lacks arms and has only partial use of his legs. He is unmarried and lives in Kreuzlingen.

References

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