Christian Social People's Party Upper Valais
| Christian Social People's Party Upper Valais | |
|---|---|
| Establishment date: | November 14, 1949 |
| Presidium: | Konstantin Bumann |
| National Council: | - |
| Council of States: | - |
| Cantonal parliaments: | 10 seats |
| Cantonal Governments: | - |
| Party structure: | CSP Goms CSP East of Raron CSP Brig CSP Visp CSP West of Raron CSP Leuk |
| Groupings: | CSPO 60+ JCSP Upper Valais |
| Website: | www.cspo.ch |
The Christian Social People's Party Upper Valais (CSPO) is a political party in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais .
Today the CSP Oberwallis is the second strongest political force in Oberwallis. She stood in the last municipal council elections in 2016 in 21 of the 29 voting proportional communities with their own lists and has positions in Agarn (3 seats), Ausserberg (3 seats), Ergisch (4 seats), Leuk (4 seats), Staldenried (3 seats) and Steg-Hohtenn (3 seats) the council majority. In addition, it is with three councilors in Raron and Salgesch , with two councilors in Gampel-Bratsch , Leukerbad , Ried-Brig , Saas-Almagell , Saas-Fee , Saas-Grund , Termen, Turtmann-Unterems , Varen , Visp and Zermatt as well as with represented by a local council in Brig-Glis , Naters and St. Niklaus . The CSPO is not a section of the CSP Switzerland , but belongs to the CVP Switzerland .
Party presidents
- Wolfgang Loretan (1951–1965)
- Paul Inderkummen (1994-2002)
- Andreas Biner (2002-2008)
- Graziella Walker Salzmann (2008-2009)
- Valentin Cina (2009-2013)
- Diego Clausen (ad interim, 2013-2014)
- Philipp Schnyder (ad interim, 2013-2014)
- Alex Schwestermann (2014-2019)
- Konstantin Bumann (2019–)
Grand Councilors (130 seats)
- 1953-1957: 14
- 1957-1961: 15
- 1961-1969: 17
- 1969-1973: 19
- 1973-1977: 18
- 1977-1981: 16
- 1981-1985: 15
- 1985-1989: 16
- 1989-1993: 15
- 1993-2001: 14
- 2001-2005: 13
- 2005-2009: 15
- 2009-2013: 14
- 2013–2017: 12
- 2017-2021: 10
Public officials
Councilors of State (since 1948)
- Oskar Schnyder (1948–1965)
- Wolfgang Loretan (1965–1977)
- Hans Wyer (1977-1993)
- Wilhelm Schnyder (1993-2005)
- Roberto Schmidt (since 2017)
National Councilors (since 1951)
- Leo Stoffel (1952–1967)
- Hans Wyer (1967–1977)
- Herbert Dirren (1977-1987)
- Franz Hildbrand (1987–1995)
- Odilo Schmid (1995-2003)
- Roberto Schmidt (2007-2011)
- Roberto Schmidt (2015-2017)
- Thomas Egger (2017-2019)
Council of States (since 1959)
- Leo Guntern (1959–1967)
- Odilo Guntern (1975-1983)
- Peter Bloetzer (1991–1999)
- René Imoberdorf (2007-2015)
literature
- Alois Grichting: The Upper Valais 1840 to 1990 - 150 years of Walliser Bote . Mengis Druck und Verlag Visp, 3rd edition 1994.
- Beat Locher: The State Council Proporz in the Canton of Valais 1848–1988 . Freiburg i. Ü., 1996, ISBN 3-7278-1094-7 .