Daniel Jositsch

Daniel Jositsch
Official portrait, 2015
Member of the Council of States (Switzerland)
Assumed office
8 December 2015
ConstituencyCanton of Zürich
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
3 December 2007 – 7 December 2015
Personal details
Born
Daniel Reuwen Jositsch

(1965-03-25) 25 March 1965 (age 59)
Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
Children1
ResidenceStäfa[1][2]
Alma materUniversity of St. Gallen
OccupationProf. Dr. iur. (Lehrstuhl für Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht) at the University of Zürich,[3] law historian and writer
ProfessionProfessor for penelogy
WebsiteOfficial website
Parliament website
Military service
Allegiance Switzerland
Branch/service Swiss Armed Forces
RankLieutenant Colonel

Daniel Reuwen Jositsch[4] (German pronunciation: [daˈni̯eːl ˈʀɔʏ̯vn joˈzɪtʃ]; born 25 March 1965) is a Swiss attorney and politician who currently serves on the Council of States (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party representing the Canton of Zürich since 2015.[5] He previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) from 2007 to 2015. He briefly served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich before resigning from the post in the fall of 2007. In 2022 and 2023 he declared candidacy for Federal Council (Switzerland) but both times was not officially nominated by his party.[6][7]

  1. ^ "SP Kanton Zürich" (in German). Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz. Retrieved 19 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Matthias Scharrer (19 September 2015). "Daniel Jositsch ist exakt vom Frühstück bis zum Strafrecht" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut – Lehrstuhl Jositsch" (in German). University of Zurich. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Daniel Reuwen Jositsch in Zürich from Geroldswil and Stäfa". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ Schäfer, Fabian (8 November 2022). "Nachfolge Sommaruga: Jositsch will Bundesrat werden". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  7. ^ Benini, Francesco (8 November 2022). "Strategisch ungeschickt: Jositsch will Bundesrat werden". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2023.