Johann Schneider-Ammann

Johann Schneider-Ammann (2011)

Johann Schneider-Ammann (fourth position from left) in the official Federal Council photo 2016

Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann (born February 18, 1952 as Johann Niklaus Schneider in Sumiswald ; resident in Hasle near Burgdorf ) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician ( FDP ). He was Federal Councilor from November 1, 2010 to December 31, 2018 . In 2016 he was Federal President . He was head of the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (EAER).

Live and act

Schneider-Ammann studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich and graduated in 1977 with a diploma. In 1982/83 he obtained a Master of Business Administration at the Insead School in Fontainebleau near Paris. In 1978 he became project manager at Oerlikon-Bührle , and in 1981 he joined the mechanical engineering company of his wife Katharina Schneider-Ammann's family, initially as an authorized signatory, and since 1990 as President of the Ammann Group . Since the Ammann Group's participation in the restructuring of the Mikron Technology Group in 2003, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors , of which he had previously been a member. Since 1998 he has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Swatch Group in the ultimate parent company The Swatch Group SA .

In addition, there were other board memberships, namely in Ammobilien AG ( Langenthal ), in Belenos Clean Power Holding AG ( Biel ), in Glas Trösch Holding AG ( Bützberg ), in Insys Industriesysteme AG ( Münsingen ), in Madisa AG ( Bern ) , and at Mikron Holding AG (Biel).

Since 1999 Schneider-Ammann has also presided over the Swiss machine, electrical and metal industry association Swissmem ; he was also vice-president of the economic umbrella association Economiesuisse . He was also involved in the Association of Swiss Entrepreneurs in Germany (VSUD) and in the Economic Society of the Canton of Bern .

Schneider-Ammann was elected to the National Council in the 1999 elections and confirmed in those of 2003 and 2007 . There he belonged to the parliamentary commission for economics and taxes (WAK). Johann Schneider-Ammann was elected to the Federal Council on September 22, 2010 in the replacement election for Hans-Rudolf Merz with 144 votes in the fifth ballot. On September 27, 2010, he was assigned the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA), which had previously been headed by Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard . In 2016 he was Federal President. On September 25, 2018, Schneider-Ammann announced his resignation as of December 31 of the same year.

In 2017 and 2018 Schneider-Ammann took part in the Bilderberg Conference .

Schneider-Ammann is married, has two children and lives in Langenthal. He was a colonel in the General Staff of the Swiss Army. Langenthal granted him honorary citizenship in 2010 and Affoltern im Emmental in 2012 .

Visits abroad as Federal President 2016

date	place	Main reason
15. January	Brussels ( Belgium )	Meeting with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
January 23	Colmar ( France )	Meeting with the French President François Hollande
January 28th	Vienna ( Austria )	Meeting with the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer and the Austrian Minister for Economic Affairs Reinhold Mitterlehner
February 4th	London ( United Kingdom )	Participation in the conference "Supporting Syria & the Region"
27th of February	Tehran ( Iran )	State visit, etc. a. Meeting with the Iranian President Hassan Rohani
March 14th and 15th	Hanover ( Germany )	Opening of CeBIT , together with the German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and tour of the fair with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel . Switzerland is the partner country of this year's CeBIT.
March 31st and April 1st	Washington, DC ( United States )	Participation in the nuclear safety summit and meeting with the American President Barack Obama
April 6th to 9th	Beijing and Shanghai ( People's Republic of China )	Meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping , Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, and Chairman of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang , as well as meetings with politicians and business circles
May 6th and 7th	Vatican City and Rome ( Italy )	Audience with Pope Francis and visit of the Pontifical Swiss Guard
June 19th	Lille ( France )	Visit of the group game Switzerland - France at the Euro 2016
July 11-13	Singapore ( Singapore )	State visit; Meeting with President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
July 13th and 14th	Seoul ( South Korea )	Meeting with President Park Geun-hye
July 15th and 16th	Ulaanbaatar ( Mongolia )	Participation in the Asia-Europe Meeting
3rd August	Bogotá ( Colombia )	Meeting with the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
4th to 7th August	Brasília and Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )	Meeting with representatives of the Brazilian government Attending the opening ceremony and various competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics Meeting with the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach
September 7th and 8th	Brussels and Eupen ( Belgium )	Participation in the meeting of German-speaking heads of state
September 9th and 10th	Valletta ( Malta )	State visit, etc. a. Meeting with the Maltese President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca and the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
September 21 and 22	New York City ( United States )	Participation in the UN General Assembly
30. September	Jerusalem ( Israel )	Participation in the funeral services for former Israeli President Shimon Peres
October 13th and 14th	Vienna ( Austria )	Meeting with the Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Kern and participation in the meeting of German-speaking economics ministers
October 21	Oslo ( Norway )	Participation in the informal meeting of trade ministers on the current WTO negotiations as well as meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg
November 2	Berlin ( Germany )	Meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German President Joachim Gauck
November 3rd	Mexico City ( Mexico )	State visit; u. a. Meeting with the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
November 26th and 27th	Antananarivo ( Madagascar )	Participation in the summit of the International Organization of Francophonie
November 28th	Kuwait City ( Kuwait )	State visit; u. a. Meeting with the Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jabir Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah

literature

• Johann Schneider-Ammann in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Peter Stettler: Tailor [-Ammann], Johann Niklaus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Johann Schneider-Ammann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Federal Councilor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann at the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research EAER + curriculum vitae (PDF) on admin.ch .
• Johann Schneider-Ammann on the website of the Federal Assembly

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ueli Mäder u. a .: How rich people think and direct. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2010, p. 429.
2. ↑ Johann Schneider-Ammann resigns. Retrieved September 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Bilderberger Participants 2017. Accessed June 1, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Bilderberger Participants 2018. Accessed June 1, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Dölf Barben: Federal Councilor Schneider-Ammann becomes an honorary citizen. In: Der Bund online / Newsnet . December 14, 2010, accessed June 17, 2018.
6. ↑ Jacqueline Graber: The Federal Council becomes an honorary citizen. In: Berner Zeitung online / Newsnet . November 19, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

predecessor	Office	Successor
Hans-Rudolf Merz	Member of the Swiss Federal Council 2010–2018	Karin Keller-Sutter