St Gallen SG
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Swiss People’s Party
Elmar Bigger, Toni Brunner, Jasmin Hutter, Theophil Pfister
Christian Democratic Party
Jakob Büchler, Lucrezia Meier-Schatz, Thomas Müller
Radical Party
Walter Müller, Andreas Zeller
Social Democratic Party
Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder, Paul Rechsteiner
Green Party
Urs Bernhardsgrütter
Senate:
Eugen David, Christian Democratic Party and Erika Forster-Vannini, Radical Party
Hans-Ulrich Stöckling, Karin Keller-Suter, Willi Haag
Peter Schönenberger, Josef Keller
Kathrin Hilber, Heidi Hanselmann
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Capital: St Gallen
Area: 2’026 km2
Number of communes (2006): 12
Resident population (2005): 461’000
Foreign population (2005): 20.9%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 44’103
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.5
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1803
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