Social Democratic Party of Upper Valais
| Social Democratic Party of Upper Valais | |
|---|---|
| Establishment date: | May 1, 1982 |
| Presidium: | Doris Schmidhalter |
| National Council: | - |
| Council of States: | - |
| Cantonal parliaments: | 4 seats |
| Cantonal Governments: | 1 seat |
| Party structure: | SP Brig SP Visp SP Leuk |
| Groupings: | JUSO Upper Valais |
| Website: | www.spoberwallis.ch |
The Social Democratic Party of Upper Valais (SPO) is a political party in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais .
The SP Oberwallis is now the fourth strongest political force in Oberwallis. It stood in the last municipal council elections in 2016 in 8 of the 29 voting proportional communities with its own lists and is represented by a council in Baltschieder , Brig-Glis , Leuk , Naters and Visp .
Party presidents
- Willy Jeiziner (1982–1992)
- Karl Berchtold (1992–1993)
- Emmy Fux-Summermatter (1993-2000)
- Karl Schmidhalter (2000-2005)
- Susanne Hugo-Lötscher (2005-2008)
- Beat Jost (2008-2011)
- Doris Schmidhalter-Näfen (since 2010)
Grand Councilors (130 seats)
- 1985-1989: 2
- 1989-1997: 4
- 1997-2001: 5
- 2001-2021: 4
Public officials
National Councils
- Peter Bodenmann (1987–1997)
- Thomas Burgener (1997–1999)
- Peter Jossen (1999-2003)
Councilors of State
- Peter Bodenmann (1997–1999)
- Thomas Burgener (1999-2009)
- Esther Waeber-Kalbermatten (since 2009)
literature
- Alois Grichting: The Upper Valais 1840 to 1990. 150 years of the 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 .