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They won their first seat in parliament in 1967 and took the name Swiss Democrats in 1990. This was aimed at showing that the party was not just concerned with issues surrounding foreigners. Their biggest electoral success came in 1991, when the party won 3.4 per cent of the vote and five seats in the…
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In 1995 it won its first seat in the House of Representatives. In 2003 it gained a second seat with the help of another small green party, the Green Free List.
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“Excellences, Exzellenzen, ambassadors and diplomats in Switzerland”, is a photographic exhibition being shown alongside “On a Delicate Mission – Tales of Swiss Diplomacy” at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. It was conceived in 2006 by Thomas Adank and Florian Joye, who graduated from Lausanne’s University of Art and Design, and includes 65 portraits.
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Cantonal government: Cantonal parliament: Political representation in the national parliament House of Representatives: Swiss People’s PartyMax Binder-Gäumann, Toni Bortoluzzi, Hans Fehr, Hans Kaufmann, Robert Keller, Ueli Maurer, Christoph Mörgeli, Hans Rutschmann, Ernst Schibli, Ulrich Schlüer, Jürg Stahl, Bruno Zuppiger Social Democratic PartyMario Fehr, Jacqueline Fehr, Chantal Galladé, Christine Goll, Andreas Gross, Barbara Haering, Vreni Hubmann,…
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Cantonal government: Cantonal parliament: Political representation in the national parliament House of Representatives: Socialist Green AlternativeJosef Lang Christian Democratic PartyGerhard Pfister Swiss People’s PartyMarcel Scherer Senate: Peter Bieri, Swiss People’s Party and Rolf Schweiger, Radical Party
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Cantonal government: Cantonal parliament: Political representation in the national parliament House of Representatives: Social Democratic Party Marlyse Dormond, Roger Nordmann, Pierre Salvi, Géraldine Savary Swiss People’s PartyAndré Bugnon, Jean Fattebert, Guy Parmelin, Pierre-François Veillon Radical PartyCharles Favre, Yves Guisan, Isabelle Moret, René Vaudroz Liberal PartySerge Beck, Claude Ruey, Green PartyAnne-Catherin Menétry-Savary, Guy Parmelin Communist PartyMarianne…
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Cantonal government: Cantonal parliament: Political representation in the national parliament House of Representatives: Gabi Huber, Radical Party Senate: Hansheiri Inderkum and Hansruedi Stadler, Christian Democratic Party
