Thomas Wagner

Dr. Thomas Wagner
Dr. med. and Dr. iur.,
Former Mayor of the City of Zürich

Dr. Wagner was born 1943. He gratuadet at the University of Zürich in Law and in Medicine (PhD). Dr. Thomas Wagner was as Medical Doctor member of the staff in the Clinic of Ophtalmology (University Hospital Zürich). 1982 he was elected as Mayor of the City of Zürich for eight years (1982-1990) and Member of the City Government of Zürich for twenty-four years. As Mayor of Zürich he initiated the relationship between Zürich and Kunming (Capital of the Province of Yunnan) as sister cities in 1982. He was responsible for successful pilot projects between Zürich and Kunming in the cultural and environmental sector (water distribution, water purification, public traffic, protection of historical monuments, regional planning etc).
When he retired in 2002, Mr. Wagner opened a consulting firm for facilitating bilteral relations between Switzerland and China in business, culture and tourism. The scope of Mr. Wagner's business activities extends to all provinces in China, which he has visited over fifty times. He is also President of the Swiss-Chinese Association for Friendship and President of the Swiss Association for Foreign Affairs with excellent relations to the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and The Chinese People's Association for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Wagner is an honorary citizen of Kunming. He was also appointed Professor of Tongji University and Kunming University.