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Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Socialist Green Alternative
Josef Lang
Christian Democratic Party
Gerhard Pfister
Swiss People’s Party
Marcel Scherer
Senate:
Peter Bieri, Swiss People’s Party and Rolf Schweiger, Radical Party
Peter Hegglin, Beat Villiger
Matthias Michel, Joachim Eder
Manuela Weichert-Piccard, Patrick Cotti
Heinz Tännler
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Capital: Zug
Area: 239 km2
Number of communes (2006): 11
Resident population (2005): 106’400
Foreign population (2005): 21.5%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 92’168
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.5%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1352
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