Background
GROSS, Andreas was born on August 21, 1952 in Kobe, Japan. Parents: Rolf Gross and Margaratha Gross (née Meyer).
GROSS, Andreas was born on August 21, 1952 in Kobe, Japan. Parents: Rolf Gross and Margaratha Gross (née Meyer).
Graduate in history, University of Zurich, 1972-1976. Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Lausanne, 1978-1983. Research fellowships, Berlin and Stanford (USA), 1987/88/90.
Spoken languages: German, French, English.
President, Swiss Young Socialists. 1979-1983; member, Zurich City Parliament, 1986-1991. Member, National Parliament, since 1991.
Protestant
Founder. Group for a Switzerland without an army, 1982. Founder, Eurotopia, since 1991. Member, Swiss, US, United Kingdom and World Associations of Political Scientists.
Director, Scientific Institut, for Direct Democracy, Zurich.
Spouse Katharina Gross (née Meier), 1977. Children: Dominik, Anina.