List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 50th legislative period
This article lists all persons who belonged to the Council of States during the 50th legislative period of the Swiss Federal Assembly (2015–2019) .
The composition of the Council of States during the 50th legislative period essentially goes back to the parliamentary elections on October 18, 2015 ; Changes during the legislative period are listed at the end of the article.
Acting councilors
Surname | Political party | Canton | Date of birth | Council of States since | job | photo |
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Fabio Abate | FDP | Ticino | 4th January 1966 | 5th December 2011 | Lawyer | |
Isidor Baumann | CVP | Uri | September 23, 1955 | 5th December 2011 | Former government councilor | |
Didier Berberat | SP | Neuchâtel | 1st December 1956 | September 21, 2009 | Lawyer | |
Pirmin Bishop | CVP | Solothurn | February 24, 1959 | December 12, 2011 | Lawyer | |
Ivo Bischofberger | CVP | Appenzell Innerrhoden | February 24, 1958 | June 4, 2007 | Rector | |
Pascale Bruderer | SP | Aargau | July 28, 1977 | 5th December 2011 | Business consultant | |
Andrea Caroni | FDP | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | April 19, 1980 | November 30, 2015 | Lawyer | |
Raphael Comte | FDP | Neuchâtel | 29th September 1979 | March 1, 2010 | jurist | |
Robert Cramer | GPS | Geneva | 7th February 1954 | December 3, 2007 | Lawyer | |
Josef Dittli | FDP | Uri | April 11, 1957 | November 30, 2015 | Former government councilor | |
Roland Eberle | SVP | Thurgau | 7th December 1953 | 5th December 2011 | Entrepreneur | |
Joachim Eder | FDP | train | November 24, 1951 | 5th December 2011 | Former government councilor | |
Stefan Engler | CVP | Grisons | May 30, 1960 | 5th December 2011 | Lawyer, former government councilor | |
Erich Ettlin | CVP | Obwalden | May 30, 1962 | November 30, 2015 | tax consultant | |
Anita Fetz | SP | Basel city | March 19, 1957 | December 1, 2003 | Entrepreneur | |
Peter Foehn | SVP | Schwyz | December 11, 1952 | December 15, 2011 | Entrepreneur | |
Jean-René Fournier | CVP | Valais | 18th December 1957 | December 3, 2007 | Former State Council | |
Olivier Français | FDP | Vaud | October 1, 1955 | November 30, 2015 | City council | |
Hannes Germann | SVP | Schaffhausen | July 1, 1956 | September 16, 2002 | economist | |
Konrad Graber | CVP | Lucerne | July 24, 1958 | December 3, 2007 | Auditors | |
Ruedi Noser | FDP | Zurich | April 14, 1961 | December 8, 2015 | Entrepreneur | |
Brigitte Häberli-Koller | CVP | Thurgau | 23rd August 1958 | 5th December 2011 | clerk | |
Claude Hêche | SP | law | December 20, 1952 | December 3, 2007 | Draftsman | |
Thomas Hefti | FDP | Glarus | October 30, 1959 | March 3, 2014 | Lawyer | |
Peter Hegglin | CVP | train | December 25, 1960 | November 30, 2015 | Former government councilor | |
Werner Hösli | SVP | Glarus | August 30, 1961 | June 16, 2014 | Head of the elderly center | |
Claude Janiak | SP | Basel-Country | October 30, 1948 | December 3, 2007 | Lawyer | |
Daniel Jositsch | SP | Zurich | March 25, 1965 | December 8, 2015 | Professor of criminal law | |
Alex Kuprecht | SVP | Schwyz | December 22, 1957 | December 1, 2003 | General agent | |
Christian Levrat | SP | Freiburg | July 7, 1970 | May 29, 2012 | jurist | |
Filippo Lombardi | CVP | Ticino | May 29, 1956 | December 6, 1999 | Media entrepreneur | |
Werner Luginbühl | BDP | Bern | 4th January 1958 | December 3, 2007 | Head of Public Affairs, Former Government Councilor | |
Liliane Maury Pasquier | SP | Geneva | December 16, 1956 | December 3, 2007 | Midwife | |
Thomas Minder | - | Schaffhausen | December 26, 1960 | 5th December 2011 | Entrepreneur | |
Damian Müller | FDP | Lucerne | October 25, 1984 | November 30, 2015 | Sales manager | |
Philipp Mueller | FDP | Aargau | 5th September 1952 | November 30, 2015 | General contractor | |
Paul Rechsteiner | SP | St. Gallen | August 26, 1952 | December 12, 2011 | Lawyer | |
Beat Rieder | CVP | Valais | February 12, 1963 | November 30, 2015 | Lawyer | |
Géraldine Savary | SP | Vaud | November 14, 1968 | December 3, 2007 | Journalist | |
Martin Schmid | FDP | Grisons | May 24, 1969 | 5th December 2011 | Lawyer, former government councilor | |
Anne Seydoux-Christe | CVP | law | July 7, 1958 | December 3, 2007 | Lawyer | |
Hans Stöckli | SP | Bern | April 12, 1952 | 5th December 2011 | Lawyer | |
Beat Vonlanthen | CVP | Freiburg | April 8, 1957 | November 30, 2015 | Former State Council | |
Hans Wicki | FDP | Nidwalden | 18th February 1964 | November 30, 2015 | Former government councilor | |
Benedict Würth | CVP | St. Gallen | 20th January 1968 | 3rd June 2019 | Former government councilor | |
Roberto Zanetti | SP | Solothurn | December 14, 1954 | March 1, 2010 | Managing director, former government councilor |
Changes during the legislative period
Surname | Political party | Canton | Date of birth | Taking office | Resignation / death | successor | photo |
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Karin Keller-Sutter | FDP | St. Gallen | December 22nd, 1963 | 5th December 2011 |
( election to the Federal Council ) |
December 31, 2018 Benedict Würth |
See also
- List of Presidents of the Council of States
- List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 50th legislative period
- Swiss parliamentary elections 2015