Andreas Aebi (born 26 November 1958) 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.
Andreas Aebi | |
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| President of the National Council | |
| In office 30 November 2020 – 29 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Isabelle Moret |
| Succeeded by | Irène Kälin |
| First Vice President of the National Council | |
| In office 2 December 2019 – 30 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Isabelle Moret |
| Succeeded by | Irène Kälin |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | Bern |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1958 Burgdorf, Switzerland |
| Political party | Swiss People's Party |
| Residence | Alchenstorf |
| Profession | Farmer |
Biography
editAebi was born in Burgdorf, in the Emmental region of the Canton of Bern. He is a farmer by profession and also works as an auctioneer.[1]
From 1999 to 2020, he was on the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schweizerischer Rinderzüchter, the Association of Cattle Breeders. He led the association from 2014 to 2020.[2] In 2018, he joined the board of directors of Lüthi & Portmann Fleischwaren AG, one of the largest meat processors in Switzerland.[3]
He entered politics in 1998 as the president of the municipality of Alchenstorf. In 2007, he was elected to the National Council as a member of the Swiss People’s Party. In the National Council, he has been on the Committee for Foreign Affairs and the delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[1]
In 2008, the Bern SVP nominated for a seat on the Federal Council to succeed Samuel Schmid, who resigned. At the time, he was not viewed as a serious contender, but was placed into nomination as a representative of agricultural interests in the party.[4] The Federal Council seat ultimately went to Ueli Maurer, the former SVP chairman.[5]
In 2007, left his role as a municipal executive and became the SVP party president the following year.
In the 2019 election, Heinz Brand, the council’s Second Vice President, was defeated for re-election. As Second Vice President, he would have been the successor to Isabelle Moret as First Vice President upon her election as National Council President.[6] To replace Brand in the role, the SVP nominated Aebi over Thomas Hurter and Christian Imark.[7] The National Council elected him to the post with 187 of 191 votes.[8] Aebi is now first in line to become the National Council President in 2020.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Official Profile Of Andreas Aebi". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "ASR: Aebi geht, Grünenfelder folgt". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Aebi neuer VR von Fleischhändler". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Zweierticket der Berner SVP". Tagblatt (in German). 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Ueli Maurer zum neuen Bundesrat gewählt". Tagblatt (in German). 10 December 2008.
- ^ "Moret wird höchste Schweizerin – doch bald folgt ein Grüner". Blick (in German). 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Aebi für Vize-Präsidium nominiert". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Isabelle Moret neue Nationalratspräsidentin - Res Aebi wird Vize". Baueren Zeitung (in German). 2 December 2019.