Emilie Lieberherr (October 14, 1924 in Erstfeld – January 3, 2011 in Zollikerberg;[1] place of origin in Zürich und Nesslau), was a Swiss politician (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland).

In 1947, Lieberherr left the position to then work four years as a personal trainer at the Oscar Weber AG in Bern.

She was the co-initiator of the medically controlled distribution of heroin for severe cases of addiction and was involved in constructing the four pillar model of the Swiss drug policy.

[2] Throughout her time in office she also built twenty-two homes in Switzerland for the disenfranchised, established youth centers, and introduced programs for unemployed young adults.

The further, for that time extremely high subventions, but lacking of alternative governmental cultural programs for the youth in Zürich, occurred in 1980 to the so-called Opernhauskrawalle youth protests – Züri brännt,[12] meaning Zürich is burning, documented in the Swiss documentary film Züri brännt (movie).