This is a list of the 200 members of the Swiss National Council for the 2007-2011 legislative term.
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The elections were held on October 21, 2007 and the first session of Parliament will open on December 3, 2007. Some changes occurred as a result of the second round of Council of States elections.
Presidency
| Office \ Term | 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | 2010/2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | André Bugnon | Chiara Simoneschi | Pascale Bruderer | |
| First Vice-President | Chiara Simoneschi | Pascale Bruderer | Jean-René Germanier | |
| Second Vice-President | Pascale Bruderer | Jean-René Germanier | Hansjörg Walter |
Elections for 2010/2011 are held in December 2010. Traditionally the previous term's first vice-president is elected president.
The 200 current members
This list is current as of 6 December 2008.
| Name | Party | Canton | URL | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavio Abate | FDP/PRD | Ticino | ||
| Andreas Aebi | SVP/UDC | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Ruedi Aeschbacher | EVP/PEV | Zurich | [1] | |
| Evi Allemann | SPS/PSS | Berne | [2] | |
| Kathrin Amacker | CVP/PDC | Basel-Country | Newly elected. | |
| Viola Amherd | CVP/PDC | Valais | ||
| Adrian Amstutz | SVP/UDC | Berne | [3] | |
| Josiane Aubert | SPS/PSS | Vaud | ||
| Caspar Baader | SVP/UDC | Basel-Country | ||
| Elvira Bader | CVP/PDC | Solothurn | ||
| Marlies Bänziger | GPS/PES | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Dominique Baettig | SVP/UDC | Jura | Newly elected. | |
| Martin Bäumle | GLP/PVL | Zurich | [4] | |
| Luc Barthassat | CVP/PDC | Geneva | ||
| Alexander Baumann | SVP/UDC | Thurgau | ||
| Didier Berberat | SPS/PSS | Neuchâtel | ||
| Elmar Bigger | SVP/UDC | St. Gallen | ||
| Attilo Bignasca | Lega | Ticino | ||
| Max Binder | SVP/UDC | Zurich | ||
| Pirmin Bischof | CVP/PDC | Solothurn | ||
| Roland Borer | SVP/UDC | Solothurn | Newly elected. | |
| Toni Bortoluzzi | SVP/UDC | Zurich | ||
| Jacques Bourgeois | FDP/PRD | Fribourg | Newly elected. | |
| Daniel Brélaz | GPS/PES | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Pascale Bruderer | SPS/PSS | Aargau | [5] | |
| Franz Brun | CVP/PDC | Lucerne | ||
| Toni Brunner | SVP/UDC | St. Gallen | ||
| Martine Brunschwig Graf | LPS/PLS | Geneva | ||
| Jakob Büchler | CVP/PDC | St. Gallen | [6] | |
| André Bugnon | SVP/UDC | Vaud | ||
| Guscetti Carobbio | SPS/PSS | Ticino | ||
| Ignazio Cassis | FDP/PRD | Ticino | ||
| Sep Cathomas | CVP/PDC | Graubünden | [7] | |
| Tarzisius Caviezel | CVP/PDC | Graubünden | Newly elected. | |
| Maurice Chevrier | CVP/PDC | Valais | [8] | |
| André Daguet | SPS/PSS | Berne | [9] | |
| Christophe Darbellay | CVP/PDC | Valais | [10] | |
| Dominique de Buman | CVP/PDC | Fribourg | ||
| Walter Donzé | EVP/PEV | Berne | [11] | |
| Jean Henri Dunant | SVP/UDC | Basel-City | [12] | |
| Esther Egger-Wyss | CVP/PDC | Aargau | Newly elected. | |
| Corina Eichenberger-Walther | FDP/PRD | Aargau | ||
| Eduard Engelberger | FDP/PRD | Nidwalden | ||
| Yvette Estermann | SVP/UDC | Lucerne | ||
| Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder | SPS/PSS | St. Gallen | [13] | |
| Charles Favre | FDP/PRD | Vaud | [14] | |
| Laurent Favre | FDP/PRD | Neuchâtel | Newly elected. | |
| Hans Fehr | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [15] | |
| Hans-Jürg Fehr | SPS/PSS | Schaffhausen | [16] | |
| Jacqueline Fehr | SPS/PSS | Zurich | [17] | |
| Mario Fehr | SPS/PSS | Zurich | [18] | |
| Doris Fiala | FDP/PRD | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Sylvia Flückiger-Bäni | SVP/UDC | Aargau | Newly elected. | |
| Peter Föhn | SVP/UDC | Schwyz | ||
| Kurt Fluri | FDP/PRD | Solothurn | [19] | |
| Olivier Français | FDP/PRD | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Oskar Freysinger | SVP/UDC | Valais | ||
| Therese Frösch | GPS/PES | Berne | ||
| Lieni Füglistaller | SVP/UDC | Aargau | ||
| Brigitta Gadient | SVP/UDC | Graubünden | ||
| Chantal Galladé | SPS/PSS | Zurich | [20] | |
| Jean-René Germanier | FDP/PRD | Valais | [21] | |
| Ulrich Giezendanner | SVP/UDC | Aargau | [22] | |
| Yvonne Gilli | GPS/PES | St. Gallen | Newly elected. | |
| Bastien Girod | GPS/PES | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler | CVP/PDC | Lucerne | ||
| Alice Glauser | SVP/UDC | Vaud | ||
| Walter Glur | SVP/UDC | Aargau | [23] | |
| Christine Goll | SPS/PSS | Zurich | ||
| Jean-Pierre Graber | SVP/UDC | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Maja Graf | GPS/PES | Basel-Country | [24] | |
| Edith Graf-Litscher | SPS/PSS | Thurgau | ||
| Jean-Pierre Grin-Hoffmann | SVP/UDC | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Andreas Gross | SPS/PSS | Zurich | ||
| Hans Grunder | SVP/UDC | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Hans Rudolf Gysin | FDP/PRD | Basel-Country | ||
| Brigitte Häberli-Koller | CVP/PDC | Thurgau | [25] | |
| Ursula Haller | SVP/UDC | Berne | ||
| Andrea Hämmerle | SPS/PSS | Graubünden | ||
| Hansjörg Hassler | SVP/UDC | Graubünden | ||
| Alfred Heer | SVP/UDC | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Bea Heim | SPS/PSS | Solothurn | [26] | |
| Hugues Hiltpold | FDP/PRD | Geneva | Newly elected. | |
| Norbert Hochreutener | CVP/PDC | Berne | [27] | |
| Antonio Hodgers | GPS/PES | Geneva | Newly elected. | |
| Urs Hofmann | SPS/PSS | Aargau | [28] | |
| Gabi Huber | FDP/PRD | Uri | ||
| Ruth Humbel Näf | CVP/PDC | Aargau | [29] | |
| Thomas Hurter | SVP/UDC | Schaffhausen | Newly elected. | |
| Jasmin Hutter | SVP/UDC | St. Gallen | [30] | |
| Markus Hutter | FDP/PRD | Zurich | ||
| Otto Ineichen | FDP/PRD | Lucerne | [31] | |
| Rudolf Joder | SVP/UDC | Berne | [32] | |
| Francine John-Calame | GPS/PES | Neuchâtel | ||
| Daniel Jositsch | SPS/PSS | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Hans Kaufmann | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [33] | |
| Margret Kiener Nellen | SPS/PSS | Berne | [34] | |
| Hans Killer | SVP/UDC | Aargau | Newly elected. | |
| Marianne Kleiner | FDP/PRD | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | ||
| Pierre Kohler | CVP/PDC | Jura | [35] | |
| Josef Kunz | SVP/UDC | Lucerne | ||
| Anita Lachenmeier-Thüring | GPS/PES | Basel-City | Newly elected. | |
| Josef Lang | SGA | Zug | ||
| Ueli Leuenberger | GPS/PES | Geneva | [36] | |
| Filippo Leutenegger | FDP/PRD | Zurich | [37] | |
| Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer | SPS/PSS | Basel-Country | [38] | |
| Christian Levrat | SPS/PSS | Fribourg | ||
| Arthur Loepfe | CVP/PDC | Appenzell Innerrhoden | [39] | |
| Ricardo Lumengo | SPS/PSS | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Christian Lüscher | LPS/PLS | Geneva | Newly elected. | |
| Ruedi Lustenberger | CVP/PDC | Lucerne | ||
| Ada Marra | SPS/PSS | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Christa Markwalder Bär | FDP/PRD | Berne | [40] | |
| Werner Marti | SPS/PSS | Glarus | ||
| Ueli Maurer | SVP/UDC | Zurich | ||
| Lucrezia Meier-Schatz | CVP/PDC | St. Gallen | [41] | |
| Werner Messmer | FDP/PRD | Thurgau | ||
| Thérèse Meyer | CVP/PDC | Fribourg | ||
| Christian Miesch | SVP/UDC | Basel-Country | ||
| Christoph Mörgeli | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [42] | |
| Tiana Angelina Moser | GLP/PVL | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Geri Müller | GPS/PES | Aargau | [43] | |
| Philipp Müller | FDP/PRD | Aargau | [44] | |
| Thomas Müller | CVP/PDC | Vaud | ||
| Walter Müller | FDP/PRD | St. Gallen | [45] | |
| Felix Müri | SVP/UDC | Lucerne | [46] | |
| Jacques Neirynck | CVP/PDC | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Roger Nordmann | SPS/PSS | Vaud | [47] | |
| Ruedi Noser | FDP/PRD | Zurich | [48] | |
| Eric Nussbaumer | SPS/PSS | Basel-Country | Newly elected. | |
| Guy Parmelin | SVP/UDC | Vaud | ||
| Fabio Pedrina | SPS/PSS | Ticino | [49] | |
| Fulvio Pelli | FDP/PRD | Ticino | [50] | |
| Yvan Perrin | SVP/UDC | Neuchâtel | ||
| Sylvie Perrinjaquet | LPS/PLS | Neuchâtel | Newly elected. | |
| Gerhard Pfister | CVP/PDC | Zug | [51] | |
| Theophil Pfister | SVP/UDC | St. Gallen | [52] | |
| Katharina Prelicz-Huber | GPS/PES | Zurich | [53] | From September 15, 2008; succeeded to Ruth Genner |
| Paul Rechsteiner | SPS/PSS | St. Gallen | Presides the opening of the first session on December 3, 2007 as longest-serving member (since 1986). | |
| Rudolf Rechsteiner | SPS/PSS | Basel-City | [54] | |
| Lukas Reimann | SVP/UDC | St. Gallen | [55] | Newly elected. Youngest member (born 1982) |
| Jean-Claude Rennwald | SPS/PSS | Jura | [56] | |
| André Reymond | SVP/UDC | Geneva | ||
| Natalie Rickli | SVP/UDC | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Kathy Riklin | CVP/PDC | Zurich | [57] | |
| Jean-François Rime | SVP/UDC | Fribourg | ||
| Meinrado Robbiani | CVP/PDC | Ticino | ||
| Stéphane Rossini | SPS/PSS | Valais | [58] | |
| Maria Roth-Bernasconi | SPS/PSS | Geneva | ||
| Claude Ruey | LPS/PLS | Vaud | [59] | |
| Hans Rutschmann | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [60] | |
| Louis Schelbert | GPS/PES | Lucerne | [61] | |
| Simon Schenk | SVP/UDC | Berne | ||
| Silvia Schenker | SPS/PSS | Basel-City | [62] | |
| Marcel Scherer | SVP/UDC | Zug | [63] | |
| Ernst Schibli | SVP/UDC | Zurich | ||
| Barbara Schmid Federer | CVP/PDC | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Roberto Schmidt | CVP/PDC | Valais | Newly elected. | |
| Johann N. Schneider | FDP/PRD | Berne | ||
| Pirmin Schwander | SVP/UDC | Schwyz | ||
| Pius Segmüller | CVP/PDC | Lucerne | Newly elected. | |
| Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi | CVP/PDC | Ticino | [64] | |
| Christian van Singer | GPS/PES | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Carlo Sommaruga | SPS/PSS | Geneva | ||
| Peter Spuhler | SVP/UDC | Thurgau | [65] | |
| Jürg Stahl | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [66] | |
| Luzi Stamm | SVP/UDC | Aargau | [67] | |
| Jean-François Steiert | SPS/PSS | Fribourg | ||
| Hans Stöckli | SPS/PSS | Berne | [68] | |
| Doris Stump | SPS/PSS | Aargau | [69] | |
| Franziska Teuscher | GPS/PES | Berne | [70] | |
| Anita Thanei | SPS/PSS | Zurich | ||
| Georges Theiler | FDP/PRD | Lucerne | [71] | |
| Adèle Thorens Goumaz | GPS/PES | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Pierre Triponez | FDP/PRD | Berne | [72] | |
| Andy Tschümperlin | SPS/PSS | Schwyz | ||
| Pierre-François Veillon | SVP/UDC | Vaud | ||
| Daniel Vischer | GPS/PES | Zurich | ||
| Alec von Graffenried | GPS/PES | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Christoph von Rotz | SVP/UDC | Obwalden | Newly elected. | |
| Erich von Siebenthal | SVP/UDC | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Eric Voruz | SPS/PSS | Vaud | Newly elected. | |
| Christian Waber | EDU/UDF | Berne | ||
| Hansjörg Walter | SVP/UDC | Thurgau | [73] | |
| Hansruedi Wandfluh | SVP/UDC | Berne | [74] | |
| Christian Wasserfallen | FDP/PRD | Berne | Newly elected. | |
| Marie-Thérèse Weber-Gobet | CSP/PCS | Fribourg | From December 1, 2008; succeeded to Hugo Fasel | |
| Reto Wehrli | CVP/PDC | Schwyz | [75] | |
| Thomas Weibel | GLP/PVL | Zurich | Newly elected. | |
| Hans Widmer | SPS/PSS | Lucerne | [76] | |
| Walter Wobmann | SVP/UDC | Solothurn | [77] | |
| Brigit Wyss | GPS/PES | Solothurn | Newly elected. | |
| Ursula Wyss | SPS/PSS | Berne | [78] | |
| Markus Zemp | CVP/PDC | Aargau | [79] | |
| Josef Zisyadis | PdA/PST | Vaud | [80] | Replaced Marianne Huguenin who resigned before the first session. |
| Bruno Zuppiger | SVP/UDC | Zurich | [81] |
Retired or deceased members
| Name | Party | Canton | URL | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marianne Huguenin | PdA/PST | Vaud | Resigned on November 1, 2007, prior to first session; succeeded by Josef Zisyadis. | |
| Ruth Genner | GPS/PES | Zurich | [82] | Resigned September 14, 2008; succeeded by Katharina Prelicz-Huber |
| Hugo Fasel | CSP/CSP | Fribourg | Resigned November 30, 2008, succeeded by Marie-Thérèse Weber-Gobet |
See also
- List of members of the Swiss National Council (2003-2007)
- Political parties of Switzerland for the abbreviations
- List of members of the Swiss Council of States
References
- The data are from the website of the Swiss Federal Assembly.
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