Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter (born 19 February 1964 Basel) is a Swiss jurist and politician of The Centre (formerly known as the Christian Democratic People's Party).[1]
Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter | |
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| Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
| Assumed office November 2010 | |
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| Born | 19 February 1964 Basel |
| Political party | Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland |
Political career
editShe has been a member of the parliament of the Canton Basel-Landschaft since 1999,[1] over which she also presided in the term between 2006 and 2007.[2] In November 2010, she replaced the resigning Kathrin Amacker in the National Council.[3] She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).[4]
At the party conference of the CVP Baselland in October 2018, Schneider-Schneiter was nominated as a candidate for the successor of Doris Leuthard in the Federal Council.[5] She would have been the first Federal Councillor from the Basel Landschaft in 123 years.[5] However, the CVP later decided to present a two-person ticket with the National Councilor Viola Amherd of Canton Valais and the councilor of Uri Heidi Z’graggen for the Federal Council election.[6] Eventually, Viola Amherd was elected into the Federal Council.[7] In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019, Schneider-Schneiter was re-elected to the National Council rather comfortably as the CVP entered the elections within a political alliance with the Green Liberal Party (GLP) and the Evangelical People's Party (EVP).[8]
Further activities
editSchneider-Schneiter is the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Basel and a member of the Board of Directors in the Economiesuisse.[9] She is also a Member of the Board at Primeo Energy[10] and the President of the European Youth Choir Festival.[11]
Personal life
editShe lives is married and has two children.[12] Living in Biel-Benken, her places of origin are Basel, Lenzburg and Schwendibach.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Schneider Elisabeth". baselland.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Dritte CVP-Nominierung - Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter kandidiert für den Bundesrat". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Ms. Elisabeth Schneider-Scheiter". Archived from the original on 2020-03-06.
- ^ a b Stula, Bojan. "Bundesratswahl - Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter kandidiert für den Bundesrat". bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Schwald, Patrik Müller und Andreas. "Bundesratswahlen - "Habe den Weg für eine Basler Bundesrätin geebnet": Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter mit grossen Worten". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ swissinfo.ch. "Viola Amherd and Karin Keller-Sutter elected to government". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Listenverbindung in der Mitte - Keine Zitterpartie mehr dank Grünliberalen und EVP". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Board | economiesuisse". www.economiesuisse.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Primeo Energie auf Wachstumskurs – Delegierte bestätigen die Anträge des Verwaltungsrats". www.strom.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Organigramm". Europäisches Jugendchorfestival Basel (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Matt, Othmar von. "CVP-Bundesratskandidatinnen - Zwei Frauen, zwei Welten: So unterschiedlich sind Schneider-Schneiter und Amherd". Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 2021-04-28.