List of members of the National Council of Switzerland, 2007–2011

This is a list of the 200 members of the Swiss National Council for the 2007–2011 legislative term.

The elections were held on October 21, 2007 and the first session of Parliament will open on December 3, 2007. Some changes occurred as a result of the second round of Council of States elections.

Presidency

Office \ Term	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011
President	André Bugnon	Chiara Simoneschi	Pascale Bruderer	Jean-René Germanier
First Vice-President	Chiara Simoneschi	Pascale Bruderer	Jean-René Germanier	Hansjörg Walter
Second Vice-President	Pascale Bruderer	Jean-René Germanier	Hansjörg Walter	Maya Graf

Elections for 2010/2011 are held in December 2010. Traditionally the previous term's first vice-president is elected president.

The 200 current members

This list is current as of December 6, 2008.

Name	Party		Canton	URL	Note
Fabio Abate		FDP.The Liberals	Ticino		Elected for FDP
Andreas Aebi		Swiss People's Party	Bern		Newly elected.
Ruedi Aeschbacher		Evangelical People's Party	Zürich	[1]
Evi Allemann		Social Democratic Party	Bern	[2]
Kathrin Amacker		Christian Democratic People's Party	Basel-Landschaft		Newly elected.
Viola Amherd		Christian Democratic People's Party	Valais
Adrian Amstutz		Swiss People's Party	Bern	[3]
Josiane Aubert		Social Democratic Party	Vaud
Caspar Baader		Swiss People's Party	Basel-Landschaft
Elvira Bader		Christian Democratic People's Party	Solothurn
Marlies Bänziger		Green Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Dominique Baettig		Swiss People's Party	Jura		Newly elected.
Martin Bäumle		Green Liberal Party	Zürich	[4]
Luc Barthassat		Christian Democratic People's Party	Geneva
Alexander Baumann		Swiss People's Party	Thurgau
Didier Berberat		Social Democratic Party	Neuchâtel
Elmar Bigger		Swiss People's Party	St. Gallen
Attilio Bignasca		Ticino League	Ticino
Max Binder		Swiss People's Party	Zürich
Pirmin Bischof		Christian Democratic People's Party	Solothurn
Roland Borer		Swiss People's Party	Solothurn		Newly elected.
Toni Bortoluzzi		Swiss People's Party	Zürich
Jacques Bourgeois		FDP.The Liberals	Fribourg		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Daniel Brélaz		Green Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Pascale Bruderer		Social Democratic Party	Aargau	[5]
Franz Brun		Christian Democratic People's Party	Lucerne
Toni Brunner		Swiss People's Party	St. Gallen
Martine Brunschwig Graf		FDP.The Liberals	Geneva		Elected for Liberal Party
Jakob Büchler		Christian Democratic People's Party	St. Gallen	[6]
André Bugnon		Swiss People's Party	Vaud
Marina Carobbio Guscetti		Social Democratic Party	Ticino
Ignazio Cassis		FDP.The Liberals	Ticino		Elected for FDP
Sep Cathomas		Christian Democratic People's Party	Graubünden	[7]
Tarzisius Caviezel		Christian Democratic People's Party	Graubünden		Newly elected.
Maurice Chevrier		Christian Democratic People's Party	Valais	[8]
André Daguet		Social Democratic Party	Bern	[9]
Christophe Darbellay		Christian Democratic People's Party	Valais	[10]
Dominique de Buman		Christian Democratic People's Party	Fribourg
Walter Donzé		Evangelical People's Party	Bern	[11]
Jean Henri Dunant		Swiss People's Party	Basel-City	[12]
Esther Egger-Wyss		Christian Democratic People's Party	Aargau		Newly elected.
Corina Eichenberger-Walther		FDP.The Liberals	Aargau		Elected for FDP
Eduard Engelberger		FDP.The Liberals	Nidwalden		Elected for FDP
Yvette Estermann		Swiss People's Party	Lucerne
Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder		Social Democratic Party	St. Gallen	[13] Archived May 3, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
Charles Favre		FDP.The Liberals	Vaud	[14]	Elected for FDP
Laurent Favre		FDP.The Liberals	Neuchâtel		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Hans Fehr		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[15]
Hans-Jürg Fehr		Social Democratic Party	Schaffhausen	[16]
Jacqueline Fehr		Social Democratic Party	Zürich	[17]
Mario Fehr		Social Democratic Party	Zürich	[18]
Doris Fiala		FDP.The Liberals	Zürich		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Sylvia Flückiger-Bäni		Swiss People's Party	Aargau		Newly elected.
Peter Föhn		Swiss People's Party	Schwyz
Kurt Fluri		FDP.The Liberals	Solothurn	[19]	Elected for FDP
Olivier Français		FDP.The Liberals	Vaud		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Oskar Freysinger		Swiss People's Party	Valais
Therese Frösch		Green Party	Bern
Lieni Füglistaller		Swiss People's Party	Aargau
Brigitta Gadient		Conservative Democratic Party	Graubünden		Elected for SVP
Chantal Galladé		Social Democratic Party	Zürich	[20] Archived September 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
Jean-René Germanier		FDP.The Liberals	Valais	[21]	Elected for FDP
Ulrich Giezendanner		Swiss People's Party	Aargau	[22]
Yvonne Gilli		Green Party	St. Gallen		Newly elected.
Bastien Girod		Green Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler		Christian Democratic People's Party	Lucerne
Alice Glauser		Swiss People's Party	Vaud
Walter Glur		Swiss People's Party	Aargau	[23]
Christine Goll		Social Democratic Party	Zürich
Jean-Pierre Graber		Swiss People's Party	Bern		Newly elected.
Maya Graf		Green Party	Basel-Landschaft	[24]
Edith Graf-Litscher		Social Democratic Party	Thurgau
Jean-Pierre Grin-Hoffmann		Swiss People's Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Andreas Gross		Social Democratic Party	Zürich
Hans Grunder		Conservative Democratic Party	Bern		Newly elected; elected for SVP
Hans Rudolf Gysin		FDP.The Liberals	Basel-Landschaft		Elected for FDP
Brigitte Häberli-Koller		Christian Democratic People's Party	Thurgau	[25]
Ursula Haller		Conservative Democratic Party	Bern		Elected for SVP
Andrea Hämmerle		Social Democratic Party	Graubünden
Hansjörg Hassler		Conservative Democratic Party	Graubünden		Elected for SVP
Alfred Heer		Swiss People's Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Bea Heim		Social Democratic Party	Solothurn	[26]
Hugues Hiltpold		FDP.The Liberals	Geneva		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Norbert Hochreutener		Christian Democratic People's Party	Bern	[27]
Antonio Hodgers		Green Party	Geneva		Newly elected.
Urs Hofmann		Social Democratic Party	Aargau	[28]
Gabi Huber		FDP.The Liberals	Uri		Elected for FDP
Ruth Humbel Näf		Christian Democratic People's Party	Aargau	[29]
Thomas Hurter		Swiss People's Party	Schaffhausen		Newly elected.
Jasmin Hutter		Swiss People's Party	St. Gallen	[30]
Markus Hutter		FDP.The Liberals	Zürich		Elected for FDP
Otto Ineichen		FDP.The Liberals	Lucerne	[31]	Elected for FDP
Rudolf Joder		Swiss People's Party	Bern	[32]
Francine John-Calame		Green Party	Neuchâtel
Daniel Jositsch		Social Democratic Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Hans Kaufmann		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[33]
Margret Kiener Nellen		Social Democratic Party	Bern	[34]
Hans Killer		Swiss People's Party	Aargau		Newly elected.
Marianne Kleiner		FDP.The Liberals	Appenzell AR		Elected for FDP
Pierre Kohler		Christian Democratic People's Party	Jura	[35]
Josef Kunz		Swiss People's Party	Lucerne
Anita Lachenmeier-Thüring		Green Party	Basel-City		Newly elected.
Martin Landolt		Conservative Democratic Party	Glarus		Replaced Werner Marti on March 2, 2009
Josef Lang		Green Party	Zug
Ueli Leuenberger		Green Party	Geneva	[36]
Filippo Leutenegger		FDP.The Liberals	Zürich	[37]	Elected for FDP
Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer		Social Democratic Party	Basel-Landschaft	[38]
Christian Levrat		Social Democratic Party	Fribourg
Arthur Loepfe		Christian Democratic People's Party	Appenzell IR	[39]
Ricardo Lumengo		Social Liberal Movement	Bern		Newly elected. Elected for SP.
Christian Lüscher		FDP.The Liberals	Geneva		Newly elected; elected for Liberal Party
Ruedi Lustenberger		Christian Democratic People's Party	Lucerne
Ada Marra		Social Democratic Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Christa Markwalder Bär		FDP.The Liberals	Bern	[40]	Elected for FDP
Ueli Maurer		Swiss People's Party	Zürich
Lucrezia Meier-Schatz		Christian Democratic People's Party	St. Gallen	[41]
Werner Messmer		FDP.The Liberals	Thurgau		Elected for FDP
Thérèse Meyer		Christian Democratic People's Party	Fribourg
Christian Miesch		Swiss People's Party	Basel-Landschaft
Christoph Mörgeli		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[42]
Tiana Angelina Moser		Green Liberal Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Geri Müller		Green Party	Aargau	[43]
Philipp Müller		FDP.The Liberals	Aargau	[44]	Elected for FDP
Thomas Müller		Swiss People's Party	Vaud		Elected for CVP
Walter Müller		FDP.The Liberals	St. Gallen	[45]	Elected for FDP
Felix Müri		Swiss People's Party	Lucerne	[46]
Jacques Neirynck		Christian Democratic People's Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Roger Nordmann		Social Democratic Party	Vaud	[47]
Ruedi Noser		FDP.The Liberals	Zürich	[48]	Elected for FDP
Eric Nussbaumer		Social Democratic Party	Basel-Landschaft		Newly elected.
Guy Parmelin		Swiss People's Party	Vaud
Fabio Pedrina		Social Democratic Party	Ticino	[49]
Fulvio Pelli		FDP.The Liberals	Ticino	[50]	Elected for FDP
Yvan Perrin		Swiss People's Party	Neuchâtel
Sylvie Perrinjaquet		FDP.The Liberals	Neuchâtel		Newly elected; elected for Liberal Party
Gerhard Pfister		Christian Democratic People's Party	Zug	[51]
Theophil Pfister		Swiss People's Party	St. Gallen	[52]
Katharina Prelicz-Huber		Green Party	Zürich	[53]	From September 15, 2008; succeeded to Ruth Genner
Paul Rechsteiner		Social Democratic Party	St. Gallen		Presides the opening of the first session on December 3, 2007 as longest-serving member (since 1986).
Rudolf Rechsteiner		Social Democratic Party	Basel-City	[54]
Lukas Reimann		Swiss People's Party	St. Gallen	[55]	Newly elected. Youngest member (born 1982)
Jean-Claude Rennwald		Social Democratic Party	Jura	[56]
André Reymond		Swiss People's Party	Geneva
Natalie Rickli		Swiss People's Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Kathy Riklin		Christian Democratic People's Party	Zürich	[57]
Jean-François Rime		Swiss People's Party	Fribourg
Meinrado Robbiani		Christian Democratic People's Party	Ticino
Stéphane Rossini		Social Democratic Party	Valais	[58]
Maria Roth-Bernasconi		Social Democratic Party	Geneva
Claude Ruey		FDP.The Liberals	Vaud	[59]	Elected for Liberal Party
Hans Rutschmann		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[60]
Louis Schelbert		Green Party	Lucerne	[61]
Simon Schenk		Swiss People's Party	Bern
Silvia Schenker		Social Democratic Party	Basel-City	[62]
Marcel Scherer		Swiss People's Party	Zug	[63]
Ernst Schibli		Swiss People's Party	Zürich
Barbara Schmid-Federer		Christian Democratic People's Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Roberto Schmidt		Christian Democratic People's Party	Valais		Newly elected.
Johann N. Schneider		FDP.The Liberals	Bern		Elected for FDP
Pirmin Schwander		Swiss People's Party	Schwyz
Pius Segmüller		Christian Democratic People's Party	Lucerne		Newly elected.
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi		Christian Democratic People's Party	Ticino	[64]
Christian van Singer		Green Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Carlo Sommaruga		Social Democratic Party	Geneva
Peter Spuhler		Swiss People's Party	Thurgau	[65]
Jürg Stahl		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[66]
Luzi Stamm		Swiss People's Party	Aargau	[67]
Jean-François Steiert		Social Democratic Party	Fribourg
Hans Stöckli		Social Democratic Party	Bern	[68]
Doris Stump		Social Democratic Party	Aargau	[69]
Franziska Teuscher		Green Party	Bern	[70]
Anita Thanei		Social Democratic Party	Zürich
Georges Theiler		FDP.The Liberals	Lucerne	[71]	Elected for FDP
Adèle Thorens		Green Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Pierre Triponez		FDP.The Liberals	Bern	[72]	Elected for FDP
Andy Tschümperlin		Social Democratic Party	Schwyz
Pierre-François Veillon		Swiss People's Party	Vaud
Daniel Vischer		Green Party	Zürich
Alec von Graffenried		Green Party	Bern		Newly elected.
Christoph von Rotz		Swiss People's Party	Obwalden		Newly elected.
Erich von Siebenthal		Swiss People's Party	Bern		Newly elected.
Eric Voruz		Social Democratic Party	Vaud		Newly elected.
Christian Waber		Federal Democratic Union	Bern
Hansjörg Walter		Swiss People's Party	Thurgau	[73]
Hansruedi Wandfluh		Swiss People's Party	Bern	[74]
Christian Wasserfallen		FDP.The Liberals	Bern		Newly elected; elected for FDP
Marie-Thérèse Weber-Gobet		Christian Social Party	Fribourg		From December 1, 2008; succeeded to Hugo Fasel
Reto Wehrli		Christian Democratic People's Party	Schwyz	[75]
Thomas Weibel		Green Liberal Party	Zürich		Newly elected.
Hans Widmer (politician)		Social Democratic Party	Lucerne	[76]
Walter Wobmann		Swiss People's Party	Solothurn	[77]
Brigit Wyss		Green Party	Solothurn		Newly elected.
Ursula Wyss		Social Democratic Party	Bern	[78]
Markus Zemp		Christian Democratic People's Party	Aargau	[79]
Josef Zisyadis		Alternative Left	Vaud	[80]	Elected for PdA. Replaced Marianne Huguenin who resigned before the first session.
Bruno Zuppiger		Swiss People's Party	Zürich	[81]

Retired or deceased members

Name	Party		Canton	Note
Marianne Huguenin		Swiss Party of Labour	Vaud	Resigned on November 1, 2007, prior to first session; succeeded by Josef Zisyadis.
Ruth Genner		Green Party	Zürich	Resigned September 14, 2008; succeeded by Katharina Prelicz-Huber
Hugo Fasel		Christian Social Party	Fribourg	Resigned November 30, 2008, succeeded by Marie-Thérèse Weber-Gobet
Werner Marti		Social Democratic Party	Glarus

See also

• List of members of the Swiss National Council (2003-2007)
• Political parties of Switzerland for the abbreviations
• List of members of the Swiss Council of States

Notes and references

• The data are from the website of the Swiss Federal Assembly.