{{Short description|Swiss pharmacist and politician (1938–2024)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rosemarie Simmen | image = Rosemarie Simmen 1994.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Simmen in 1994 | birth_name = Rosemarie Messmer | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|09|10}} | birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|04|01|1938|09|10}} | death_place = Solothurn | other_names = | occupation = Pharmacist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | education = ETH Zurich | party = CVP | office = Member of the Swiss Council of States for Solothurn | term_start = 30 November 1987 | term_end = 5 December 1999 | office2 = Member of the Cantonal Council of Solothurn | term_start2 = 1983 | term_end2 = 1987 }}
'''Rosemarie Simmen''' (née Messmer; 10 September 1938 – 1 April 2024) was a Swiss pharmacist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP).<ref>{{cite news |last=Bischof|first=Pirmin|date=4 April 2024|title="Eine kluge, energische und offene Politikerin": Ständerat Pirmin Bischof erinnert sich an seine Vorgängerin Rosemarie Simmen|url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/solothurn/kanton-solothurn/erinnerungen-eine-kluge-energische-und-offene-politikerin-staenderat-pirmin-bischof-erinnert-sich-an-seine-vorgaengerin-rosemarie-simmen-ld.2602768?reduced=true|language=de|work=Luzerner Zeitung|location=Solothurn|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Zürich on 10 September 1938, Simmen graduated from ETH Zurich with a pharmacy degree. She worked as a pharmacist in Zürich, Geneva, and Berlin.
From 1981 to 1986, Simmen served on the Constituent Assembly of Solothurn. From 1983 to 1987, she served on the Cantonal Council of Solothurn. From 1987 to 1999, she represented the Canton of Solothurn in the Council of States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/biografie/rosemarie-simmen/209|title=Rosemarie Simmen|work=Federal Assembly}}</ref> She ran for election as President of the Council of States, but the CVP preferred Anton Cottier as their candidate. From 1996 to 1997, she was a member of the Swiss delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. From 1990 to 1997, she was president of Pro Helvetia. From 1999 to 2001, she chaired the Federal Commission for Foreigners.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 February 2000|title=Rosmarie Simmen neue Präsidentin der Ausländerkommission|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/bundespolitik/rosmarie-simmen-neue-praesidentin-der-auslaenderkommission/1413446|language=de|work=SWI swissinfo|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> She also chaired the commission of the Swiss National Library from 1999 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nb.admin.ch/dam/snl/de/dokumente/kommission_nb/studien_und_berichte/kommission-geschichte.pdf.download.pdf/kommission-geschichte.pdf|title=Kommission (1895-2020)|work=Swiss National Library|language=de}}</ref>
Simmen died on 1 April 2024, at the age of 85 in Solothurn.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fluri|first=Lucien|date=4 April 2024|title=Solothurns erste Ständerätin ist tot: Rosmarie Simmen stirbt 85-jährig|url=https://www.grenchnertagblatt.ch/solothurn/kanton-solothurn/todesfall-solothurns-erste-staenderaetin-ist-tot-rosmarie-simmen-stirbt-85-jaehrig-ld.2602468|language=de|work=Grenchner Tagblatt|location=Solothurn|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref><ref>https://dodis.ch/P42715</ref>
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