Angela Koller: Difference between revisions

”’Angela Koller”’ (born {{birth based on age as of date|41|2025|04|28|noage=yes}}) is a Swiss politician representing [[The Centre (political party)|The Centre]] in [[Appenzell Innerrhoden]]. She was elected as a [[Landamann]] for the canton in 2025, becoming the first female Landamann in Appenzell Innerrhoden.

Angela Koller is a lawyer<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″>{{cite news |title=Swiss canton elects first woman council chief |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/innerrhoden-landsgemeinde-elects-first-woman-landammann/89222768 |access-date=8 October 2025 |work=[[SWI swissinfo]] |agency=[[Keystone-SDA]] |date=27 April 2025 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008111015/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/innerrhoden-landsgemeinde-elects-first-woman-landammann/89222768 |archive-date=8 October 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=”AFPApr25″>{{cite news |title=Last Swiss region to allow women to vote elects first woman mayor |url=https://www.thelocal.ch/20250428/last-swiss-region-to-allow-women-to-vote-elects-first-woman-mayor |access-date=8 October 2025 |work=[[The Local]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=28 April 2025 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008111850/https://www.thelocal.ch/20250428/last-swiss-region-to-allow-women-to-vote-elects-first-woman-mayor |archive-date=8 October 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> and member of [[The Centre (political party)|The Centre]].<ref name=”AFPApr25″ /> She currently serves on the [[Grand Council of Appenzell Innerrhoden]].<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″ /> As of 2025, she is aged 41.<ref name=“AFPApr25” /> In April 2025, Koller was elected as [[Landammann]] of [[Appenzell Innerrhoden]]. Her position was decided through the [[Landsgemeinde]], a public forum that Appenzell Innerrhoden uses to elect its cantonal leaders and judges.<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″ /> Koller was decided as the standing Landamann, with [[Roland Dähler]] as the governing Landamann.<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″ /> Koller will become the governing Landamann in 2027.<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″ /> Koller was the first woman elected as Landamann in Appenzell Innerrhoden.<ref name=”KeystoneApr25″ /><ref name=”AFPApr25″ /> Appenzell Innerrhoden was the last [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] where [[Women’s suffrage in Switzerland|women’s suffrage]] was legalised, with women first voting in 1991.<ref name=”AFPApr25″ />