What is Alexander Tschäppät?
[[File:Alexander Tschäppät.jpg|thumb|Alexander Tschäppät]] '''Alexander Tschäppät''' (16 April 1952 – 4 May 2018) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/global-parliamentarians-meet-in-switzerl-199015.html |title=Global parliamentarians meet in Switzerland / Call for action to restore order in Somalia |date=October 28, 2011 |publisher=[[The Star (South Africa)|The Star]] |access-date=November 19, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Tschäppät was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]]. He was a member of the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council of Switzerland]] from 1991 to 2003 and again 2011 to 2018. He was mayor (''Stadtpräsident'') of Bern 2005 until 2016. Tschäppät died of [[cancer]] on 4 May 2018 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/alexander-tschaepaet-bern-frueherer-stadtpraesident-und-nationalrat-gestorben-ld.1383436|title=Tschäppät: Berns früherer Stadtpräsident gestorben|date=8 May 2018|via=NZZ}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tschappat, Alexander}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Swiss mayors]] [[Category:People from Bern]] {{bio-stub}}