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Jürg Stahl (born 16 January 1968 in Winterthur) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party. He has been a member of the National Council for the canton of Zürich since 1999 and is the current President of the National Council.

Biography
Stahl underwent advanced training as a Pharmacist in Neuchâtel and graduated in 1992. He supplemented his education with a diploma in small business management at the University of St. Gallen. Between 1996 and 2004, Stahl ran a pharmacy in Winterthur. In 2004 he was elected as a member of the managment board of the health insurance company Group Mutuel.

Stahl's career in politics began as a member of Winterthur's municipal council between 1994 and 2001. In 2001, he missed the election to Winterthur's "Stadtrat" (executive) by a single vote.

Stahl was elected to the National Council in 1999 and reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. In 2016, Stahl was elected to succeed Christa Markwalder as President of the National Council, only days after he had been elected as president of Swiss Olympic (succeeding Jörg Schild).

Stahl served in the Swiss Air Force with the rank of major. He is married and has a daughter.