Thomas Helbling (born 1961) is a Swiss lawyer. He held the office of Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland between 2008 and 2016, in charge of the Federal Council sector.[1][2] After leaving office, he became the CEO of the Swiss Insurance Association (2017-2021).[3][4]
A native of Bern, Thomas Helbling studied law at the University of Bern and holds a Master of Laws from the University of London. After spending his early career as a lawyer in Bern and London, he entered public service in 1998, when he became advisor to Federal Councillor Adolf Ogi and his successor, Samuel Schmid.[1][5]
In 2001, Helbling became the project manager for the joint Austrian-Swiss bid to host the UEFA Euro 2008 football championship, the second such multinational joint bid to succeed so far.[6][7] After retiring from the organization committee in early 2003, Helbling joined private insurance company Swiss Life as head of public relations, and was appointed board member of the Swiss Football League, where he was in charge of games security and pushed for restrictive legislation against hooliganism in anticipation of the Euro.[2][8]
Thomas Helbling was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation in February 2008 and took office on 1 June 2008, successor to Corina Casanova who had been named Chancellor in the meantime. Although there had been several rows tied language representation in the Federal Chancellery during the appointment of his predecessors - Swiss French politicians having complained that the chancellery was in purely Swiss-German hands after the nomination of both Corina Casanova and Oswald Sigg. Swiss-German Helbling's appointment, raised no such issues.[5]
In his role, Thomas Helbling oversaw the Federal Council sector of the Swiss Chancellery, which looks after planning and managing the Federal Council's meetings, the Legal Section, the Official Publications Center and the Central Language Services.[9]
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biochemistry. Vincent F. Seyfried (1918–2012), American historian Seifried Helbling This page lists people with the surname Seyfried. If an internal link intending...
droht der Super-GAU". ran.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2024. Helbling, Niklas (31 January 2024). "Jetzt droht das ganz grosse Horrorszenario...
"Geological Changes in Coastal Areas of Patagonia, Argentina, and Chile". In Helbling, E. Walter; Narvarte, Maite A.; González, Raul A.; Villafañe, Virginia...
University Medical Center. Bucher, X.; Pichler, W. J.; Dahinden, C. A.; Helbling, A. (December 2004). "Effect of tree pollen specific, subcutaneous immunotherapy...
public debates: designs and methods". In Edgar Grande; Martin Dolezal; Marc Helbling; et al. (eds.). Political Conflict in Western Europe. Cambridge University...
Bodensee [In Heaven There is No Beer] (musical score) (in German). Zürich: Helbling. OCLC 81325100. "Music in Ghana- Atongo Zimba". Archived from the original...
result of a trade on February 27, 2007 that sent Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling to Buffalo in exchange for Jiri Novotny and this pick. The Anaheim Ducks'...
Language of Occupation". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2018. Helbling, Audrey Kletscher (May 21, 2012). "A Minnesota politician and writer shares...
1080/02724634.2001.10010852. S2CID 220414868. Rothschild, B.M.; Tanke, D. H.; Helbling II, M.; Martin, L.D. (2003). "Epidemiologic study of tumors in dinosaurs"...
PMC 4426419. PMID 25902497. Häder, Donat-P.; Villafañe, Virginia E.; Helbling, E. Walter (2014). "Productivity of aquatic primary producers under global...
13–29. doi:10.1080/03932729508458099. Edgar Grande; Martin Dolezal; Marc Helbling; Dominic Höglinger (31 July 2012). Political Conflict in Western Europe...
Development Programme (UNDP) by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195157413 Helbling, Thomas (2010). "What Are Externalities?" Finance & Development, 47(4). Archived...
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