Thurgau TG
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Swiss People’s Party
Alexander Baumann, Peter Spuhler, Hansjörg Walter
Christian Democratic Party
Brigitte Häberli-Koller
Radical Party
Werner Messmer
Social Democratic Party
Edith Graf-Litscher
Senate:
Philipp Stähelin, Christian Democratic Party and Hermann Bürgi, Swiss People’s Party
Hans Peter Ruprecht, Jakob Stark
Bernhard Koch
Kaspar Schläpfer
Claudius Graf-Schelling
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Capital: Frauenfeld
Area: 991 km2
Number of communes (2006): 80
Resident population (2005): 234’000
Foreign population (2005): 20.1%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 44’230
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.7%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1803
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