Flavia Kleiner
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Leader Flavia Kleiner from 2020 Leaders Europe.
Co-Founder, Operation Libero
Flavia is the Co-Founder of Operation Libero, a Swiss liberal grassroot movement known for its innovative and effective campaigns, which have successfully defeated the nationalist and populist agenda of the Swiss People’s Party in several referenda. She is also the Co-Initiator of “Helvetia ruft!,” a campaign to increase women’s representation in public offices that helped raise the number of women in Swiss national parliament from 32 percent to 42 percent in the 2019 national election. Flavia believes politics needs to speak directly to people’s hearts and minds.
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