The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland,also rendered as the Swiss Socialist Party,is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Swiss Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election.
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice,in 2007 and 2011.
The Council of States is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland,with the National Council being the lower house. It comprises 46 members.
Same-sex marriage in Switzerland will be legal from 1 July 2022. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples passed the Swiss Parliament in December 2020. The law was challenged in a referendum on 26 September 2021 by opponents of same-sex marriage and was approved with the support of 64.1% of voters. The law will go into force on 1 July. Same-sex marriages performed abroad have been recognised in Switzerland since 1 January 2022.
Alain Berset is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2012. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),he has headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs since he took office. Berset has served as Vice President of Switzerland since 1 January 2022 under President Ignazio Cassis.
Doris Leuthard is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC),she was elected as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017. Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs until 2010,when she became head of the Federal Department of Environment,Transport,Energy and Communications. As of 19 December 2019 she is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation.
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) until 2008,she has since then been a member of the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD). Widmer-Schlumpf was the head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police from 2008 to 2010,when she became head of the Federal Department of Finance. She served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2012.
Tilo Frey ) was a Swiss politician. She was one of the first twelve women elected to the National Council in 1971 and was the first person of African descent elected to the National Council. Prior to her service at the federal level,she was a member of the municipal council of Neuchâtel and the Grand Council of Neuchâtel.
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020.
Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971. The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. In 1991 following a decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland,Appenzell Innerrhoden became the last Swiss canton to grant women the vote on local issues. Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest Swiss canton with c. 14,100 inhabitants in 1990.
Pierre-Yves Maillard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He is a member of the Council of State of Vaud since 2004.
Guy Bernard Parmelin is a Swiss politician,who served as president of Switzerland in 2021,having previously served as vice president of Switzerland in 2020. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2016. Parmelin has served as head of the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research since 2019,previously heading the Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports between 2016 and 2018.
Isabelle Moret is a Swiss politician who served as President of the National Council from 2019 to 2020. A member of FDP.The Liberals since its foundation in 2009,she first entered the National Council in 2006 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD). Moret is a resident of Yens-sur-Morges in the canton of Vaud.
Lisa Mazzone is a prominent Green Party politician in Switzerland. She was elected to the Swiss parliament on 18 October 2015,becoming Switzerland's youngest member of parliament in the process. Most of her political interventions to date have involved environmental issues.
Evi Allemann is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party.
Marina Carobbio Guscetti is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP/PS) of which she has been the vice-chairwoman since 1 March 2008. She was the president of the National Council in 2018–2019 and became a Councillor of States in December 2019.
Samira Marti is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. She became a National Councillor in December 2018.
Amélia Christinat was a Swiss politician and women's rights activist. She sat in the National Council from 1978 to 1987 as the first female National Councillor from the canton of Geneva.
Irène Kälin is a Swiss politician of the Green Party.
