Ulrich Ochsenbein was a Swiss,jurist,military officer,politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1848–1854).
The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland was a conservative political party in Switzerland from 2008 to 2020. After the 2019 federal election,the BDP had three members in the National Council.
Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2022. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2013 and 2019. Formerly head of the Federal Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports (2009–2015),Maurer has headed the Federal Department of Finance from 2016 to 2022. From 2019 to 2022,he was the longest-serving sitting member of the Federal Council.
Albert Rösti is a Swiss businessman,lobbyist and politician who has been a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1 January 2023. He previously presided over the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) from 2016 to 2020 and served as a member of the National Council for the canton of Bern from 2011 until 2022. Rösti resides in Uetendorf near Thun.
Irène Kälin is a Swiss politician of the Green Party.
Fenaco is an agricultural cooperative federation in Switzerland,headquartered in Bern. Fenaco is an acronym of its French name fédération nationale des coopératives agricoles. Members of the federation are 165 agricultural cooperatives trading under the name Landi as well as some others. This makes Fenaco indirectly owned by the around 43,000 members of the Landi cooperatives,22,000 of them being active farmers.
Andreas Aebi is a Swiss politician who was the President of the National Council from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he was first elected to the National Council in 2007. Aebi was First Vice President of the National Council for the 2019–2020 session under the presidency of Isabelle Moret.
Alex Kuprecht is a Swiss politician who was the President of the Council of States from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he has served in the Council of States since 2003,representing the canton of Schwyz. For the 2019–2020 legislative term,Kuprecht was First Vice President of the Council of States under the presidency of Hans Stöckli.
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the Federal Council. She was elected on 7 December 2022,the first ever elected member from the Canton of Jura.
Thomas Aeschi is a Swiss businessman,politician and former banker. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2011. He previously served on the Cantonal Council of Zug from 2010 to 2012.
Marianne Binder-Keller is a Swiss communications professional and politician who currently serves as member of the National Council (Switzerland) for The Centre since 2019. Binder-Keller currently is a member-elect of the Council of States (Switzerland) after being elected during the second ballot in the 2023 Swiss federal election which was held on 19 November 2023. She defeated Benjamin Giezendanner by roughly 5,000 votes.
Hans-Ueli Vogt is a Swiss jurist. He is a law professor at the University of Zurich and a politician of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). He was a member of the National Council between 2015 and 2021 and announced his candidacy to the Federal Council in October 2022.
Benjamin Giezendanner is a Swiss businessman and politician who currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party (SVP) since 2019. He previously served on the Grand Council of Aargau being elected as the youngest member only aged 18 in 2001. In the 2023 Swiss federal election he was a candidate for Council of States (Switzerland),but lost election against Marianne Binder-Keller. Giezendanner is the youngest son of former National Councillor Ulrich Giezendanner and brother of incumbent Grand Councillor Stefan Giezendanner.
Eric Nussbaumer is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and member of the National Council,the lower chamber of the Swiss Parliament. He is the current President of the National Council.
Gregor Anton Rutz is a Swiss businessman,lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 26 November 2012. He served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 2011 to 2012.
Esther Barbara Friedli is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the Council of States (Switzerland) on 30 April 2023 and assumed office on 30 May 2023. She previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2019. She is the domestic partner of Toni Brunner,former president of the Swiss People's Party and also a member of the National Council. Between 2008 and 2014,Friedli served as the secretary general of the Department of Education of the Canton of St. Gallen.
Lars Patrick Guggisberg is a Swiss attorney and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2019. He previously served three terms on the Grand Council of Bern.
Thomas Jan de Courten is a Swiss businessman and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council for the Swiss People's Party (SVP) since 5 December 2011. Between 2003 and 2011,he served in the Cantonal Council of Basel-Landschaft,and as the congressional president for his party since 2007. He was also the president of the national economy and health commissions respectively.
Martin Haab is a Swiss farmer and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) since 2019. Haab previously served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich between 2011 and 2019. He currently is the president of the Zürich Farmers Association (ZBV).
Josef Dittli is a Swiss politician and former senior military officer of the Swiss Armed Forces. He currently serves as a member of the Council of States (Switzerland) for the Uri constituency and The Liberals. He previously served on the governing council of Uri from 2004 to 2016. Between 2012 and 2014 he served also in the capacity of Landammann for the Canton of Uri.
