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Encyclopedia > List of members of the Swiss Council of States

This is a list of the members of the Swiss Council of States of the current legislature (2003-2007). The Council of States of Switzerland (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the Swiss parliament. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


For the abbreviations, see Political parties of Switzerland, Cantons of Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...


See also: Presidents of the Council of States, members of the National Council Presidents of the Swiss Council of States See also: Presidents of the National Council Categories: Lists of members of parliament | Parliament of Switzerland ...

Name Party C. URL
Hans Altherr ¹ FDP/PRD AR
Madeleine Amgwerd CVP/PDC JU
Michel Béguelin SPS/PSS VD
Alain Berset SPS/PSS FR [1] (http://www.berset.ch)
Peter Bieri CVP/PDC ZG
Christoffel Brändli SVP/UDC GR
Peter Brinner FDP/PRD SH [2] (http://www.peterbriner.ch)
Christiane Brunner SPS/PSS GE
Hermann Bürgi SVP/UDC TG [3] (http://www.bhpz.ch)
Rolf Büttiker FDP/PRD SO
Eugen David CVP/PDC SG
Simon Epiney CVP/PDC VS [4] (http://www.simonepiney.ch)
Rolf Escher CVP/PDC VS
Anita Fetz SPS/PSS BS [5] (http://www.fetz.ch)
Erika Forster-Vannini FDP/PRD SG [6] (http://www.erika-forster.ch)
Bruno Frick CVP/PDC SZ [7] (http://www.brunofrick.ch)
Hans Fünfschilling FDP/PRD BL [8] (http://www.hfuenschilling.ch)
Pierre-Alain Gentil SPS/PSS JU
Hannes Germann SVP/UDC SH [9] (http://www.hannesgermann.ch)
Trix Heberlein FDP/PRD ZH
Hans Hess FDP/PRD OW
Hans Hofmann SVP/UDC ZH
Hansheiri Inderkum CVP/PDC UR
This Jenny SVP/UDC GL
Alex Kuprecht SVP/UDC SZ
Christiane Langenberger FDP/PRD VD
Hans Lauri SVP/UDC BE
Ernst Leuenberger SPS/PSS SO [10] (http://www.aschi.com)
Helen Leumann-Würsch FDP/PRD LU [11] (http://www.helen-leumann.ch)
Filipo Lombardi FDP/PRD TI [12] (http://www.filippo-lombardi.ch)
Theo Maissen CVP/PDC GR
Dick Marty CVP/PDC TI [13] (http://www.dickmarty.ch)
Hans-Rudolf Merz ² FDP/PRD AR
Gisèle Ory SPS/PSS NE
Thomas Pfisterer FDP/PRD AG [14] (http://www.pfisterer.ch)
Maximilian Reimann SVP/UDC AG [15] (http://www.yetnet.ch/reimann)
Françoise Saudan FDP/PRD GE
Fritz Schiesser FDP/PRD GL
Carlo Schmid-Sutter CVP/PDC AI [16] (http://www.carloschmid.ch)
Urs Schwaller CVP/PDC FR
Rolf Schweiger FDP/PRD ZG [17] (http://www.rolf-schweiger.ch)
Marianne Slongo CVP/PDC NW [18] (http://www.agfm.ch)
Simonetta Sommaruga SPS/PSS BE [19] (http://www.sommaruga.ch)
Hansruedi Stadler CVP/PDC UR
Philipp Stähelin CVP/PDC TG
Jean Studer SPS/PSS NE
Franz Wicki CVP/PDC LU
¹ elected to replace Hans-Rudolf Merz
² elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 2003

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Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3538 words)
However, Swiss law is gradually being adjusted to that of the EU and the government has signed a number of bilateral agreements with the European Union.
On June 5, 2005, Swiss voters agreed, by a 55% majority, to join the Schengen treaty, a result that was welcomed by EU commentators as a sign of goodwill by Switzerland, a country that is traditionally perceived as isolationist.
The 46 members of the Council of States (two from each canton and one from former half cantons) are directly elected in each canton, whereas the 200 members of the National Council are elected directly under a system of proportional representation.
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