49th legislative period of the Swiss Federal Assembly
The 49th legislative period of the Swiss Federal Assembly lasted from December 5, 2011 to November 30, 2015. The meeting place for the National Council and Council of States was the Federal Palace in Bern .
Sessions
As a rule, four three-week sessions per calendar year take place in the Federal Assembly . In the event of a high workload or due to extraordinary events, the councils can be convened for additional sessions (special sessions or extraordinary sessions). In the 49th legislative period, the following special sessions were held in addition to the regular sessions:
- Extraordinary session of the Council of States: December 6, 2011
- Extraordinary session of the Council of States: December 21, 2011
- National Council special session: 2. – 3. May 2012
- Extraordinary session of the Council of States: March 14, 2012
- Extraordinary session of the Council of States: March 15, 2012
- National Council special session: 15.-17. April 2013
- Extraordinary session of the National Council: April 17, 2013
- National Council special session: 5–8 May 2014
- National Council special session: 4th – 6th May 2015
composition
| Political party | Abbr. | Total seats |
National Council | Council of States | change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party 1 | SVP | 59 | 54 | 5 | -10 | |
| Social Democratic Party | SP | 57 | 46 | 11 | +5 | |
| FDP The Liberals | FDP | 41 | 30th | 11 | −6 | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party | CVP | 41 | 28 | 13 | -5 | |
| Green party | GPS | 17th | 15th | 2 | -5 | |
| Green Liberal Party | GLP | 14th | 12 | 2 | +10 | |
| Bourgeois Democratic Party 1 | BDP | 10 | 9 | 1 | +10 | |
| Evangelical People's Party | EPP | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | |
| Lega dei Ticinesi | Lega | 2 | 2 | - | +1 | |
| Christian Social Party Obwalden | CSP OW | 1 | 1 | - | +1 | |
| Mouvement citoyens genevois | MCG | 1 | 1 | - | +1 | |
| Federal Democratic Union | EDU | 0 | 0 | - | −1 | |
| Party of labor | PdA | 0 | 0 | - | −1 | |
| independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | ||
Various changes occurred during the legislature.
Praesidia
National Council
| Term of office | Council President | Canton | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Paul Rechsteiner |
 St. Gallen
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Age president | |
| 2011/2012 | Hansjörg Walter |
 Thurgau
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| 2012/2013 | Maya Count |
 Basel-Country
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| 2013/2014 | Ruedi Lustenberger |
 Lucerne
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| 2014/2015 | Stéphane Rossini |
 Valais
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Council of States
| Term of office | Council President | Canton | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | Hans Altherr |
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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| 2012/2013 | Filippo Lombardi |
 Ticino
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| 2013/2014 | Hannes Germann |
 Schaffhausen
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| 2014/2015 | Claude Hêche |
 law
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Parliamentary group leaders
| fraction | Term of office | Group leader | Canton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group of the Swiss People's Party | 2001–2012 | Caspar Baader |
Basel-Country
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| 2012-2017 | Adrian Amstutz |
 Bern
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| Socialist Group | 2006–2012 | Ursula Wyss |
Bern
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| 2012-2015 | Andy Tschümperlin |
 Schwyz
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| FDP-Liberal Group | 2008-2015 | Gabi Huber |
 Uri
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| CVP / EPP Group | 2005-2014 | Urs Schwaller |
 Freiburg
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| since 2014 | Filippo Lombardi |
Ticino
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| Green Group | 2010-2013 | Antonio Hodgers |
 Geneva
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| since 2013 | Balthasar Glättli |
 Zurich
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| Green Liberal Group | since 2011 | Tiana Angelina Moser |
Zurich
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| Group of the Bourgeois Democratic Party | 2011-2015 | Hansjörg Hassler |
 Grisons
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| since 2015 | Rosmarie Quadranti |
Zurich
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Members
- List of the members of the Swiss National Council in the 49th legislative period
- List of the members of the Swiss Council of States in the 49th legislative period
See also
Remarks
- ↑ The count of the legislative period is based on the corresponding count for the National Council. As the representative of the cantons (estates), the Council of States itself has no legislative periods. It has been meeting permanently since 1848 and for this reason has no senior committee.
- ↑ The legislative period of the National Council begins and ends with the constituent session of the newly elected National Council. See the factual report for the legislative period (status: summer 2018) by the Parliamentary Services ( available online ), page 4.
- ↑ http://www.parlament.ch/d/sessionen/sessionsdaten/Seiten/default.aspx
- ^ Affiliation with the CVP parliamentary group
- ↑ Affiliation with the SVP parliamentary group
- ^ Affiliation with the CVP parliamentary group
- ↑ Affiliation with the SVP parliamentary group
- ^ Changes in the 49th legislative period ( Memento from March 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ When the National Council and Council of States meet together as a United Federal Assembly, the Presidium of the National Council chairs the meeting.
- ↑ Parliamentary elections. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 15, 2012 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 .
- ↑ Parliamentary elections. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 15, 2012 ; Retrieved October 26, 2011 .
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