Paul Rechsteiner[1] (/rəkstəənər/; reck-steener born 26 August 1952) is a Swiss attorney, union leader and former politician.

He served as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) from 1986 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2022 as a member of the Council of States (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party for the St. Gallen constituency.

[2] Between 1998 and 2018 he was the president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB).

His parents had modest occupations, his father being an unskilled worker, his mother being a cleaner.

From 1998 and 2011 he was the president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB).