Geneva GE
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Social Democratic Party (3 seats):
Liliane Maury-Pasquier, Maria Roth-Bernasconi, Carlo Sommaruga
Swiss People’s Party (2 seats):
Jacques Pagan, André Raymond
Liberal Party (2 seats):
Martine Brunschwig Graf, Jacques-Simon Eggly
Radical Party (1 seat):
John Dupraz
Christian Democratic Party (1 seat):
Luc Barthassat
Green Party (1 seat):
Ueli Leuenberger
SolidaritéS (1 seat):
Pierre Vanek
Senat:
Christiane Brunner, Social Democratic Party and Françoise Saudan, Radical Party
Robert Cramer, David Hiler
Charles Beer, Laurent Moutinot
Pierre-François Unger
François Longchamp
Mark Muller
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Capital: Geneva
Area: 282 km2
Number of communes (2006): 45
Resident population (2005): 436’700
Foreign population (2005): 15.9%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 61’223
Unemployment rate (2006): 7.0%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1815
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