18 Facts About Kaspar Villiger

Kaspar Villiger is a Swiss businessman, former tobacco manufacturer and politician.

Kaspar Villiger served as a member of the Federal Council since 1 February 1989 for The Liberals.

Kaspar Villiger previously served on the Council of States from 1987 to 1989 and on the National Council from 1982 to 1987.

Kaspar Villiger was best known for his involvement into the Swissair bankruptcy in 2001, when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force, which ultimately failed.

Between 2009 and 2012, Kaspar Villiger was appointed chairman of UBS.

Kaspar Villiger has served on the board of directors at Nestle, Swiss Re and Neue Zurcher Zeitung.

Kaspar Villiger currently is the chairman of the UBS Foundation of Economics in Society, which invested 100 million Swiss Francs in the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich.

Kaspar Villiger was a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation in 2004.

Kaspar Villiger was born 5 February 1941 in Pfeffikon, Switzerland to Max and Dory Kaspar Villiger.

Kaspar Villiger was the grandson of Jean Villiger, who founded the tobacco manufacturing concern Villiger Sons in 1888.

Kaspar Villiger was raised in Pfeffikon and completed his Matura in Aarau.

Kaspar Villiger then studied Mechanical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich graduating in 1965.

Kaspar Villiger integrated bicycle manufacturer Kalt in Buttisholz and developed it under the new Villiger name.

Kaspar Villiger was the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Central Switzerland, several years a member on the board committee of the Association of Employers in Central Switzerland and vice president of the Argovian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Kaspar Villiger is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.

Kaspar Villiger was President of the Confederation twice, in 1995 and again in 2002.

In 1995 Kaspar Villiger apologized on occasion of an official visit by Dan Culler who was an internee in the Wauwilermoos internment camp during World War II.

Kaspar Villiger is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law.