Joachim Eder
Joachim Eder (born November 24, 1951 in Münsterlingen ; legal resident in Fischingen ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP ).
biography
Eder is a secondary teacher phil. I. He taught for 26 years in his residential community in Unterägeri and also worked as a drug advisor. In addition, he was involved in sports, u. a. as coach of the national league A handball players of the LK Zug and the Swiss women's national team. He wrote reports and columns for newspapers in Zug and Central Switzerland. Eder is married to Rita Bachmann from Baar , father of four adult children and grandfather of six grandchildren.
politics
From 1983 to 2001 he was a Cantonal Councilor in Zug and in this role was a member of several commissions and head of the FDP parliamentary group. He was also President of the FDP Unterägeri from 1987 to 1995.
In October 2001, Eder took over the health department as the newly elected Zug government councilor . In 2002, 2006 and 2010 he was confirmed in office, always with top results. In the 2007/08 year of office he was head of the government council as mayor . He also presided over the Central Switzerland Conference of Health Directors and the Swiss Health Promotion Foundation.
On October 23, 2011, Joachim Eder was elected to the Council of States with 22,571 votes . Although the Zug constitution allowed a double mandate at that time , Eder resigned as a member of the government on January 31, 2012. Since then he has concentrated entirely on federal politics. Eder took part in the following commissions and delegations: Foreign Policy Commission (APK), Security Policy Commission (SIK), Business Audit Commission (GPK, President Sub-Commission EFD / WBF), Legislature Planning Commission (LPK), Commission for Science, Education and Culture (WBK), Commission for Social Security and Health (SKG, in 2018 and 2019 as President) and delegation for relations with the German Bundestag (President 2015-2019).
Eder did not run for the national elections in 2019 and thus ended his tenure on the Council of States after eight years at the end of November 2019. In total, he held political offices for 37 years.
Web links
- Website by Joachim Eder
- Joachim Eder on the website of the Federal Assembly
- Joachim Eder in the doku-zug.ch database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eder, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (FDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munsterlingen |