Vreni Spoerry
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8 March 1938
Vreni Spoerry | |
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 Official portrait, 1994 | |
| Member of the Council of States (Switzerland) | |
| In office 4 March 1996 – 30 November 2003 | |
| Constituency | Canton of Zürich |
| Member of the National Council (Switzerland) | |
| In office 28 November 1986 – 3 March 1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Verena Toneatti 8 March 1938 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | 29 May 2025 (aged 87) |
| Spouse | Christoph Spoerry |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Attorney, business executive, professional board member, politician |
| Website | Official website (archived) Parliament website |
Verena "Vreni" Spoerry (née Toneatti; 8 March 1938 – 29 May 2025) was a Swiss attorney, business executive and politician who served on the Council of States (Switzerland) for the Free Democratic Party from 1996 to 2003. She previously served on the National Council of Switzerland from 1983 to 1996.[1]
Spoerry was described as "Switzerland's most active professional board member" and held a variety of prestigious board memberships such as SKA (Credit Suisse), Nestlé, and Swissair. She was accused in the Swissair bankruptcy trial however was acquitted on all accounts.[2][3][4]
Spoerry was born Verena Toneatti on 8 March 1938 in Zürich, Switzerland, the youngest of three children, to Peter Toneatti (1899–1991) and Martha Toneatti (née Schmidhauser).[5] Her father, a PhD graduate from ETH Zurich, founded a subsidiary of the construction company Toneatti Ltd., which was founded in 1889 by her paternal grandfather, Italian-born Giovanni Toneatti (1854–1929), who originally hailed from Udine.[6] Her siblings include Martha Wettler (née Toneatti; born 1927) and Peter Toneatti Jr. (born 1929).
Spoerry was raised in Rapperswil-Jona on Lake Zurich, where she attended local schools. Upon completion of her commercial matriculation, she studied law and completed a licentiate degree at University of Zurich.