Lukas Reimann

Lukas Reimann ( born September 18, 1982 in Aarau ) is a Swiss politician ( SVP).

Life and work

Raised in Oberhof, Lukas Reimann attended primary school in Herznach and the district school in Frick. After spending a year abroad in America, he attended the district school at the moat of St. Gallen and graduated in 2001 from the Matura in the major subject economics and law. From 2001 Reimann studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich, and later at the University of Switzerland. Lukas Reimann is a board member of the Swiss time Verlags AG and regularly publishes articles in the national-conservative newspaper Swiss time. In April 2008 he founded with business partners from Germany and Luxembourg, the financial institution SWAG AG - Swiss securities settlement company based in St. Gallen, where he was a 2009 member of the Board until his resignation in February. Reimann is a member of the Board of the Swiss founded in 2008 spring-water fountain and foundation based in Wil SG.

In the Swiss army Reimann is a simple soldier. He graduated in 2003, the recruit school as news of the Air Force soldier in the Theodor -Real - barracks of the military airport in Dübendorf.

Now he lives in Wil SG Lukas Reimann is the son of Kurt Reimann (Secretary General of the University of Zurich ) and the nephew of the Aargau of States Maximilian Reimann. His interests include, inter alia, poker and jazz.

Policy

Views

The SmartMap for parliamentary elections in 2011 locates Reimann the right-wing camp, Reimann himself describes his position as a radical liberal.

Political commitment demonstrated Reimann in 1998 against the federal popular initiative " for the protection of life and the environment from genetic engineering " and 1999 against the " Federal Law on maternity insurance ." He also fought against the opening of the Swiss Universities for foreign students and is committed to the preservation of national pride.

Reimann fights against agreements between Switzerland and the European Union, the United Nations and NATO. He engaged XXI against the army reform. Reimann sees the Switzerland of an Islamization threatened.

Lukas Reimann active against animal slaughter transports through Switzerland and against the individual housing of rabbits. He is committed to maintaining the mandatory declaration of geschächtetem meat.

Reimann fights against the ban on poker tournaments outside casinos.

Party

In 1999, Reimann member of the SVP local party Wil and the boys SVP Switzerland. He was co-founder of the Young SVP St. Gallen, where to February 2008 he was President from October 2000 and is now assessor. Since 2001 he is a board member of the SVP Canton of St. Gallen.

Organizations

Lukas Reimann was an enthusiastic fan of the Hockey Section Grasshoppers and counted to the Fangruppe Icehoppers and the Ultras GC Fantastic Fanatics. Since 1999 he is member of the pro-life movement yes to life.

Since 2000, Reimann is a board member of the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland ( AUNS ). He is co-founder and co-president of the association, founded in 2001 Young4FUN.ch in Wil. He belongs to the editorial board of the newspaper Free Switzerland. Young4FUN.ch is a member of team (the european alliance of eu -critical movements), where Reimann is a board member since 2004.

Lukas Reimann is a board member of the interest group per city bus Wil and since 2003 a member of the Association Lehrstellenbörse Switzerland.

Committee

In 2002, Reimann president of the committee was " spending freeze for help in the wrong place " in Wil SG. Reimann counted himself on the referendum committee against the bill « XXI Army - Amendment of the Federal Law on the Army and the military government ." He was leader referendum against the parliamentary decision on the continuation of the movement of persons and their extension to Romania and Bulgaria, as well as a member of the " Over -Party Committee against biometric passports and identity cards ." Furthermore Reimann was a member of the Action Committee of the Federal People's initiatives " for the strengthening of people's rights in foreign policy ( treaties before the people! ) " And " against the construction of minarets ."

Legislature

Reimann was 2004 at the age of 21 years as a candidate of the Young SVP Member of the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he was elected as the youngest Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. In his inaugural speech at the 48th session of the Parliament he continued his focus in a policy of deregulation by fewer laws and less government spending. Reimann is a member of the Legal Committee of the National Council.

Criticism

2007 parliamentary elections

Following the example of the election campaign 2000 of the State Chair of North Rhine- Westphalia, Jürgen Möllemann also found himself on a campaign poster of the St. Gallen JSVP the likeness of Adolf Hitler. As candidate and president of the National Council JSVP St. Gallen Reimann supported the campaign and came to public criticism.

Persons in 2009

A website by Reimann saw set up by the advocates campaign here - bleiben.ch confusingly similar and helped himself to the domain dabeibleiben.ch of Typosquattings. One order issued by the district court Miles to put the website, Reimann did not come on time.

Reimann acquired in connection with the website come- to- switzerland.com media attention. On the site of EU citizens were called to the utilization of the Swiss social security benefits. It turned out that the author of the site was a former member of the APPD, the owner of the domain Reimann was a business partner of SWAG AG. The SWAG AG has been listed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority as a non willigtes financial institution. Politician of the FDP Reimann called on to disclose its communication data of a neutral party. The Business Federation Economiesuisse threw Reimann before un-Swiss style.

Racism allegations

As a bulletin of the Federal Commission against Racism can be seen, Reimann thanked in 2000 as president of the committee, " youth against Bilateral » the Holocaust denier Ernst Indlekofer for a donation and congratulated the successful new subscribers to its magazine. Manifestations Reimann to Islam in 2006 were classified by the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism as a verbal racism as well as the Cantonal Committee member of the popular initiative " against the construction of minarets " in 2007. In the National Assembly debate on 28 May 2008 and before the vote to persons Reimann used antiziganist clichés, for which he was criticized by the National Council and in the media.