Samuel Kullmann

Born in Leeds, England, Samuel Kullmann spent twelve years of his childhood in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, until he began attending Gymnasium in Thun in 2003. In the same year, he became a member of EDU Switzerland and began his political engagement on the board of the EDU City of Thun.^[2] In 2005, he collected approximately 5,000 signatures with the regional youth party and friends for the Federal Popular Initiative "For the Non-Expiration of Pornographic Crimes Against Children",^[3] which was later accepted by the electorate despite opposition from the Federal Council and the Parliament. After completing his Matura, Kullmann served in the Swiss Army as a strategic signals intelligence officer and began studying Political Science, English, Social Sciences, and Media Studies at the University of Bern, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2011. After working as a research assistant at the University of Bern, he worked for the Swiss Embassy in Ethiopia. In 2014, he completed his master's degree in political science with a focus on "Comparative and Swiss Politics." At the end of 2014, he began working as a political employee for EDU Switzerland.^[4] In 2015, Kullmann became self-employed as a political consultant, financial advisor, and translator (in addition to his native German he speaks English, French, Swahili, and Dutch). In 2016, he led the campaign against the amendment to the reproductive medicine law.^[5] After several unsuccessful candidacies for the Grand Council, Kullmann succeeded EDU politician Daniel Beutler as a member of the Bernese legislature in 2017.^[6]