Thomas Fleiner
 Thomas Fleiner       (academic) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 July 1938 | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Zurich | |||||||||||||
Swiss Professor of Law "contributing to countless Swiss laws". Attended the 1972 Bilderberg
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Thomas Fleiner is a Swiss jurist and academic. He attended the 1972 Bilderberg meeting.
Career
Fleiner was Professor of Law at the University of Freiburg from 1969 until 2008[1]. He founded the Federalism Institute at the university in 1984. He stepped down as director in 2008, to start up a similar institution in Budapest, Hungary.
In Fribourg he advised foreign governments and groups, in addition to supervising 80 doctorate students, employing researchers from all over the world and "contributing to countless Swiss laws".[2] For almost 25 years, in his advanced legislative seminars, the professor has encouraged civil servants and politicians to propose laws to parliaments that are understandable and simply formulated in terms of language.[3]
From the 1970s onwards, Fleiner was one of the few Swiss academics who regularly appeared in the media, "although some of his colleagues weren't so impressed, saying professors shouldn't address the public".[2]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1972 | 21 April 1972 | 23 April 1972 | Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke | The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission. |
