Andreas Gafner

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Andreas Gafner

Andreas Gafner (born March 31, 1971 in Erlenbach im Simmental , BE ), resident in Beatenberg , is a Swiss politician of the Federal Democratic Union (EDU). He has been a member of the National Council since December 2, 2019 , where he joined the parliamentary group of the Swiss People's Party (SVP).

Life

In his main occupation, Gafner is a farmer with a farm in Oberwil in the Simmental . He runs dairy farming and fattening calves. He sees the areas of agriculture, finance and family policy as the main focus of his work as a National Councilor.

In addition to his agricultural activity he was from 2005 to 2016 Mayor of Oberwil. He is married and has three grown daughters.

Criticism of list alliances

The strategy of Gafner and the EDU of gaining the necessary number of votes for a successful election through list connections with small and micro parties met with criticism. Only in the pooling of votes for the parties or candidates of “Die Muskeltiere”, “Landliste”, “Party of Unlimited Possibilities”, “5G goodbye!” and «JutziPhilipp.com» the mandate could be won. The main criticism was that there was hardly any content overlap in political questions with these electoral alliance partners.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b parlament.ch: biography of Andreas Gafner
  2. ↑ Simmental Zeitung of December 5, 2019, p. 2: EDU National Councilor Andy Gafner belongs to the SVP parliamentary group
  3. ↑ Jungfrau Zeitung of October 21, 2019: The new one for the Bernese Oberland
  4. ↑ a b Aargauer Zeitung of October 25, 2019: Noble knights and "5G goodbye!" thank you: The EDU gets a seat with bizarre list connections
personal data
SURNAME Gafner, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and farmer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Erlenbach in the Simmental