Thurgau government councillor Sonja Wiesmann dies unexpectedly

Sonja Wiesmann, member of the Thurgau SP government council, was only 58 years old.

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Sonja Wiesmann, a member of Thurgau's SP government council, died of a pulmonary haemorrhage on Thursday. According to the State Chancellery, she had sought hospital care on Wednesday evening. She was 58 years old.

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23.01.2025, 18:07•23.01.2025, 19:21

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Sonja Wiesmann, a member of the Thurgau SP government council, died on Thursday at the age of 58.
She succumbed to a lung haemorrhage.
Sonja Wiesmann had been elected to the Thurgau cantonal council on April 7, 2024

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Sonja Wiesmann was elected to the Thurgau cantonal government on April 7, 2024 and took over as head of the Department of Justice and Security on June 1, 2024.

The Government Council of the Canton of Thurgau is deeply saddened by the loss of its colleague, the State Chancellery wrote in a statement on Thursday. It expressed its deepest sympathy to the family.

President of the Swiss Confederation Karin Keller-Sutter, Federal Councillor and former member of the St. Gallen cantonal government, described Wiesmann's unexpected death on the short message service X as shocking.

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Sonja Wiesmann was a member of Sirnach municipal council from 2007 to 2009 and took over as mayor of Wigoltingen in 2009. From 2005 to 2024, she was a member of the Thurgau Grand Council for the SP, which she chaired in 2014/2015.