Bern BE
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Swiss People’s Party (8 seats):
Adrian Amstutz, Ursula Haller, Rudolf Joder, Fritz Abraham Oehrli, Simon Schenk, Walter Schmied, Hansruedi Wandfluh, Hermann Weyeneth
Social Democratic Party (8 seats):
Evi Allemann, André Daguet, Paul Günter, Margret Kiener Nellen, Hans Stöckli, Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Peter Vollmer, Ursula Wyss
Radical Party (4 seats):
Christa Markwalder Bär, Johann Niklaus Schneider, Marc Suter, Pierre Triponez
Green Alliance (2 seats):
Therese Frösch, Franziska Teuscher
Christian Democratic Party (1 seat):
Norbert Hochreutener
Protestant Party (1 seat):
Walter Donzé
Federal Democratic Union (1 seat):
Christian Waber
Swiss Democrats Party (1 seat):
Bernhard Hess
Senate:
Hans Lauri, Swiss People’s Party and Simonetta Sommaruga, Social Democratic Party
Barbara Egger-Jenzer, Andreas Rickenbacher, Philippe Perrenoud
Urs Gasche, Werner Luginbühl
Hans-Jürg Käser
Bernhard Pulver
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Capital: Bern
Area: 5’959 km2
Number of communes (2006): 398
Resident population (2005): 963’700
Foreign population (2005): 12.8%
Per capita icome (2004): SFr. 44’845
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.5%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1353
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