Oskar Freysinger

Oskar Freysinger studied at University of Fribourg. The recorded working language is Walser German, German and French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Sion and Bern. Residence is recorded at Savièse. Positions recorded include Member of the Swiss National Council and Councillor of State of Valais.

• Name — Oskar Freysinger • Constituency Mp — Valais • Parliament — National Council of Switzerland • Term Start — 1 December 2003 • Term End — 29 November 2015 • Born — 12 June 1960 • Birthplace — Sierre, Switzerland • Party — Swiss People's Party • Spouse — Ghislaine Héritier • Children — 3 • Alma Mater — University of Fribourg • Occupation — * Author • politician • teacher • Rank — Appointé

Freysinger was born in Sierre. He studied at a German-speaking school in Sion, and later studied German literature and philosophy, and French literature, obtaining a teaching degree in 1985. He studied at the University of Fribourg. He has taught at the Lycée-Collège de la Planta since 1987. He is married to Ghislaine Héritier and has three children.

From 1997 and 2001, Freysinger was a communal counselor at Savièse for the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. He co-founded the Valaisan branch of the Swiss People's Party (SVP), which he headed from 1999 to 2002. He became a member of the cantonal parliament of Valais from 2001 to 2003, and of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 until 2015. His main proposals include the revocation of article 261 bis; hold naturalisation by popular vote; expulsion of foreigners convicted of crimes; and strict regulation of drugs. He has been considered "a leading anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic figure on the European scene". Freysinger played a crucial role in the 2009 Swiss minaret referendum to ban Islamic mosque minarets, and he participated in a counter-jihad conference in Paris in 2010. He has also been on the board of advisors of the counter-jihad organisation Stop Islamization of Nations (SION). He sees Islam as essentially a political religion and therefore subject to secular law. In March 2013, Freysinger was elected to the State Council of Valais, the cantonal executive where he led the department of education and Security until 2017 when he lost reelection, becoming the first State Councillor losing reelection in Valais in 80 years Also in 2013, apart from becoming vice-president of the SVP, Freysinger was involved in a scandal concerning him keeping a German Reich war flag in his basement. After not seeking reelection to the National Council in 2015 and losing reelection to the Valais State Council in 2017, Freysinger made a quiet exit from the spotlight, writing to a journalist: "I no longer exist". Behind the scenes, Freysinger continued in politics, continuing to serve as vice-president of the SVP until 2018 and coordinating his party's campaign in the french-speaking part of Switzerland for the 2019 federal elections. In 2021, an interview with Freysinger was blocked from Facebook due to it containing conspiracy-theories concerning COVID-19 and vaccines.

Oskar Freysinger is recorded with the occupation teacher at a Gymnasium. Recorded as teacher at a gymnasium, politician, writer and poet.