Sylvia Michel (25 December 1935 – 24 June 2025) was a Swiss Reformed minister. She served as Europe's first female church council president by being elected to the position for the Reformed Church of Aargau. A church award is named after her.World Communion of Reformed Churches She also served as president of a working group concerning South Africa. Michel died at a nursing home in Wald, Zürich, on 24 June 2025, at the age of 89."Die ehemalige Kirchenratspräsidentin, Pfarrerin Sylvia Michel, ist verstorben". ref-ag.ch, 7 July 2025 (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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Further reading Claudia Bandixen, Silvia Pfeiffer & Frank Worbs (eds.) Wenn Frauen Kirche leiten: neuer Trend in den reformierten Kirchen der Schweiz, Zürich, 2006
External links Sylvia-Michel-Preis