List of members of the National Council of Switzerland, 2003–2007

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This is a list of the 200 members of the Swiss National Council for the term 2003–2007.

The elections were held on October 19, 2003, and the first session opened on December 1, 2003. The final autumn session was held September 17 - October 5, 2007 and the elections for the next term on October 21, 2007.

For the abbreviations, see Political parties of Switzerland

Name Party Canton URL Note
Fabio Abate FDP/PRD Ticino
Ruedi Aeschbacher EVP Zürich [1]
Evi Allemann SPS/PSS Bern [2]
Viola Amherd CVP/PDC Valais Since May 31, 2005; succeeded to Jean-Michel Cina
Adrian Amstutz SVP/UDC Bern [3]
Josiane Aubert SPS/PSS Vaud Since June 4, 2007, succeeded by Pierre Salvi
Caspar Baader SVP/UDC Basel-Landschaft
Elvira Bader CVP/PDC Solothurn
Boris Banga SPS/PSS Solothurn
Luc Barthassat CVP/PDC Geneva Since May 30, 2005; succeeded to Jean-Philippe Maitre
Alexander Baumann SVP/UDC Thurgau
Martin Bäumle GLP Zürich [4]
Serge Beck LPS/PLS Vaud
Didier Berberat SPS/PSS Neuchâtel
Urs Bernhardsgrütter GPS St. Gallen [5] Since June 6, 2006; succeeded to Pia Hollenstein
Duri Bezzola FDP/PRD Grisons Resigned March 2007, succeeded by Jürg Michel
Elmar Bigger SVP/UDC St. Gallen
Attilio Bignasca Lega Ticino
Max Binder SVP/UDC Zürich President 2003/2004
Christoph Blocher SVP/UDC Zürich Presided the opening of the first session on December 1, 2003, as longest-serving member; Elected to the Federal Council in December 2003; succeeded by Hans Rutschmann
Roland Borer SVP/UDC Solothurn
Toni Bortoluzzi SVP/UDC Zürich
Pascale Bruderer SPS/PSS Aargau [6]
Franz Brun CVP/PDC Lucerne
Toni Brunner SVP/UDC St. Gallen
Martine Brunschwig Graf LPS/PLS Geneva
Jakob Büchler CVP/PDC St. Gallen [7]
André Bugnon SVP/UDC Vaud Vice-president 2006/2007, Second Vice-president 2005/2006
Cécile Bühlmann GPS Lucerne [8] Resigned March 4, 2006; succeeded by Louis Schelbert
Dominique de Buman CVP/PDC Fribourg
Gerold Bührer FDP/PRD Schaffhausen [9]
Didier Burkhalter FDP/PRD Neuchâtel
Marina Carobbio Guscetti SPS/PSS Ticino Since June 6, 2007, succeeded to Franco Cavalli
Ignazio Cassis FDP/PRD Ticino Since June 4, 2007, succeeded to Laura Sadis
Sep Cathomas CVP/PDC Grisons [10]
Franco Cavalli SPS/PSS Ticino Resigned June 2007, succeeded by Marina Carobbio Guscetti
Liliane Chappuis SPS/PSS Fribourg Since March 5, 2007; succeeded to Erwin Jutzet; died June 25, 2007; succeeded by Jean-François Steiert
Maurice Chevrier CVP/PDC Valais [11]
Yves Christen FDP/PRD Vaud [12] Resigned December 4, 2006; succeeded by Isabelle Moret
Jean-Michel Cina CVP/PDC Valais [13] Until May 30, 2005; succeeded by Viola Amherd
Fernand Cuche GPS Neuchâtel Resigned May 30, 2005; succeeded by Francine John-Calame
André Daguet SPS/PSS Bern [14]
Christophe Darbellay CVP/PDC Valais [15]
Walter Donzé EVP Bern [16]
Marlyse Dormond Béguelin SPS/PSS Vaud
Jean Henri Dunant SVP/UDC Basel-Stadt [17]
John Dupraz FDP/PRD Geneva
Christine Egerszegi-Obrist FDP/PRD Aargau President 2006/2007, Vice-president 2005/2006
Jacques-Simon Eggly LPS/PLS Geneva
Eduard Engelberger FDP/PRD Nidwalden
Hugo Fasel CSP Fribourg
Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder SPS/PSS St. Gallen [18] Archived 2019-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
Jean Fattebert SVP/UDC Vaud
Charles Favre FDP/PRD Vaud [19]
Hans Fehr SVP/UDC Zürich [20]
Hans-Jürg Fehr SPS/PSS Schaffhausen [21]
Jacqueline Fehr SPS/PSS Zürich [22]
Mario Fehr SPS/PSS Zürich
Leni Flüglistaller SVP/UDC Aargau Since May 30, 2005; succeeded to Christian Speck
Kurt Fluri FDP/PRD Solothurn [23]
Peter Föhn SVP/UDC Schwyz
Oskar Freysinger SVP/UDC Valais
Therese Frösch GPS Bern
Brigitta Gadient SVP/UDC Grisons
Chantal Galladé SPS/PSS Zürich [24] Archived 2017-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
Valérie Garbani SPS/PSS Neuchâtel
Ruth Genner GPS Zürich [25]
Jean-René Germanier FDP/PRD Valais [26]
Ulrich Giezendanner SVP/UDC Aargau [27]
Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler CVP/PDC Lucerne Since September 2006, succeeded to Josef Leu
Jean-Paul Glasson FDP/PRD Fribourg [28]
Walter Glur SVP/UDC Aargau [29]
Christine Goll SPS/PSS Zürich
Maya Graf GPS Basel-Landschaft [30][permanent dead link]
Andreas Gross SPS/PSS Zürich
Jost Gross SPS/PSS Thurgau Died May 6, 2005; succeeded by Edith Graf-Litscher
Yves Guisan FDP/PRD Vaud
Paul Günter SPS/PSS Bern
Felix Gutzwiller FDP/PRD Zürich
Josy Gyr-Steiner SPS/PSS Schwyz Resigned April 10, 2007 (died April 18, 2007); succeeded by Andy Tschümperlin
Hans Rudolf Gysin FDP/PRD Basel-Landschaft
Remo Gysin SPS/PSS Basel-Stadt
Brigitte Häberli-Koller CVP/PDC Thurgau [31][permanent dead link]
Barbara Haering SPS/PSS Zürich [32]
Ursula Haller SVP/UDC Bern
Andrea Hämmerle SPS/PSS Grisons
Hansjörg Hassler SVP/UDC Grisons
Rolf Hegetschweiler FDP/PRD Zürich [33]
Bea Heim SPS/PSS Solothurn [34]
Bernhard Hess SD Bern [35]
Norbert Hochreutener CVP/PDC Bern [36]
Urs Hofmann SPS/PSS Aargau [37]
Pia Hollenstein GPS St. Gallen [38] Resigned in June 2006; succeeded by Urs Bernhardsgrütter
Gabi Huber FDP/PRD Uri
Vreni Hubmann SPS/PSS Zürich
Marianne Huguenin PdA Vaud
Ruth Humbel Näf CVP/PDC Aargau [39]
Jasmin Hutter SVP/UDC St. Gallen [40]
Markus Hutter FDP/PRD Zürich
Adrian Imfeld CVP/PDC Obwalden [41]
Otto Ineichen FDP/PRD Lucerne [42]
Claude Janiak SPS/PSS Basel-Landschaft [43] President 2005/2006, Vize-President 2004/2005, Second Vice-president 2003/2004
Walter Jermann CVP/PDC Basel-Landschaft
Rudolf Joder SVP/UDC Bern [44]
Francine John-Calame GPS Neuchâtel Since May 31, 2005; succeeded to Fernand Cuche
Erwin Jutzet SPS/PSS Fribourg [45] Resigned March 2007; succeeded by Liliane Chappuis
Hans Kaufmann SVP/UDC Zürich [46]
Robert Keller SVP/UDC Zürich [47]
Margret Kiener Nellen SPS/PSS Bern [48]
Marianne Kleiner FDP/PRD Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Pierre Kohler CVP/PDC Jura [49]
Josef Kunz SVP/UDC Lucerne
Josef Lang SGA Zug
Otto Laubacher SVP/UDC Lucerne
Josef Leu CVP/PDC Lucerne Resigned June 2006; succeeded by Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler
Ueli Leuenberger GPS Geneva [50]
Filippo Leutenegger FDP/PRD Zürich [51][permanent dead link]
Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer SPS/PSS Basel-Landschaft [52]
Doris Leuthard CVP/PDC Aargau Elected to the Federal Council on June 14, 2006, succeeded by Markus Zemp
Christian Levrat SPS/PSS Fribourg
Edith Graf-Litscher SPS/PSS Thurgau Since May 30, 2005; succeeded to Jost Gross
Arthur Loepfe CVP/PDC Appenzell Innerrhoden [53]
Ruedi Lustenberger CVP/PDC Lucerne
Pierre-Yves Maillard SPS/PSS Vaud Until end of November 2004; succeeded by Roger Nordmann
Jean-Philippe Maitre CVP/PDC Geneva President for 2004/2005, resigned for March 1, 2005 (died February 1, 2006); succeeded by Luc Barthassat
Christa Markwalder Bär FDP/PRD Bern [54]
Werner Marti SPS/PSS Glarus
Barbara Marty Kälin SPS/PSS Zürich [55]
Hans Ulrich Mathys SVP/UDC Aargau
Ueli Maurer SVP/UDC Zürich
Liliane Maury Pasquier SPS/PSS Geneva [56] Archived 2019-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
Lucrezia Meier-Schatz CVP/PDC St. Gallen [57]
Anne-Catherine Menétry-Savary GPS Vaud [58][permanent dead link]
Werner Messmer FDP/PRD Thurgau
Thérèse Meyer CVP/PDC Fribourg President 2005; succeeded to Jean-Philippe Maitre as president for the remainder of 2005
Jürg Michel FDP/PRD Grisons Since March 5, 2007, succeeded to Duri Bezzola
Christian Miesch SVP/UDC Basel-Landschaft
Isabelle Moret FDP/PRD Vaud [59] Since December 4, 2006; succeeded to Yves Christen
Christoph Mörgeli SVP/UDC Zürich [60]
Geri Müller GPS Aargau [61]
Thomas Müller CVP/PDC Vaud Since December 4, 2006; succeeded to Felix Walker
Philipp Müller FDP/PRD Aargau [62][permanent dead link]
Walter Müller FDP/PRD St. Gallen [63]
Vreni Müller-Hemi SPS/PSS Zürich [64]
Felix Müri SVP/UDC Lucerne [65]
Roger Nordmann SPS/PSS Vaud [66] succeeded to Pierre-Yves Maillard
Ruedi Noser FDP/PRD Zürich [67]
Fritz Abraham Oehrli SVP/UDC Bern
Jacques Pagan SVP/UDC Geneva
Guy Parmelin SVP/UDC Vaud
Fabio Pedrina SPS/PSS Ticino [68]
Fulvio Pelli FDP/PRD Ticino [69]
Yvan Perrin SVP/UDC Neuchâtel
Gerhard Pfister CVP/PDC Zug [70]
Theophil Pfister SVP/UDC St. Gallen [71]
Johannes Randegger FDP/PRD Basel-Stadt Resigned December 11, 2006; succeeded by Urs Schweizer
Paul Rechsteiner SPS/PSS St. Gallen
Rudolf Rechsteiner SPS/PSS Basel-Stadt [72]
Luc Recordon GPS Vaud
Jean-Claude Rennwald SPS/PSS Jura [73]
Jean-Noël Rey SPS/PSS Valais [74]
André Reymond SVP/UDC Geneva
Kathy Riklin CVP/PDC Zürich [75]
Jean-François Rime SVP/UDC Fribourg
Meinrado Robbiani CVP/PDC Ticino
Stéphane Rossini SPS/PSS Valais [76]
Maria Roth-Bernasconi SPS/PSS Geneva
Claude Ruey LPS/PLS Vaud [77]
Hans Rutschmann SVP/UDC Zürich [78] Since March 30, 2004; succeeded to Christoph Blocher
Laura Sadis FDP/PRD Ticino Resigned June 2007, succeeded by Ignazio Cassis
Pierre Salvi SPS/PSS Vaud Resigned June 2007, succeeded by Josiane Aubert
Géraldine Savary SPS/PSS Vaud
Louis Schelbert GPS Lucerne [79] Since March 6, 2006; succeeded to Cécile Bühlmann
Simon Schenk SVP/UDC Bern
Silvia Schenker SPS/PSS Basel-Stadt [80]
Marcel Scherer SVP/UDC Zug [81]
Ernst Schibli SVP/UDC Zürich
Ulrich Schlüer SVP/UDC Zürich [82]
Walter Schmied SVP/UDC Bern
Johann N. Schneider FDP/PRD Bern
Pirmin Schwander SVP/UDC Schwyz
Urs Schweizer FDP/PRD Basel-Stadt Since December 11, 2006; succeeded to Johannes Randegger
Ulrich Siegrist - Aargau [83] Elected on the list of SVP/UDC, left the SVP/UDC caucus in May 2006.
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi CVP/PDC Ticino [84] Second Vice-president 2006/2007
Carlo Sommaruga SPS/PSS Geneva
Christian Speck SVP/UDC Aargau [85] Died May 5, 2005; succeeded by Lieni Füglistaller
Peter Spuhler SVP/UDC Thurgau [86]
Jürg Stahl SVP/UDC Zürich [87]
Luzi Stamm SVP/UDC Aargau [88]
Jean-François Steiert SPS/PSS Fribourg Since September 17, 2007; succeeded to Liliane Chappuis
Rudolf Steiner FDP/PRD Solothurn [89]
Hans Stöckli SPS/PSS Bern [90] Since 2004; succeeded to Rudolf Strahm
Rudolf Strahm SPS/PSS Bern Until July 31, 2004, elected to head the Federal Price Surveillance Office; succeeded by Hans Stöckli
Heiner Studer EVP Aargau [91]
Doris Stump SPS/PSS Aargau [92]
Marc F. Suter FDP/PRD Bern Since December 2006, succeeded to Kurt Wasserfallen
Franziska Teuscher GPS Bern [93]
Anita Thanei SPS/PSS Zürich
Georges Theiler FDP/PRD Lucerne [94]
Pierre Triponez FDP/PRD Bern [95]
Andy Tschümperlin SPS/PSS Schwyz Since April 2007; succeeded to Josy Gyr-Steiner
Pierre Vanek Sol Geneva
René Vaudroz FDP/PRD Vaud [96]
Pierre-François Veillon SVP/UDC Vaud
Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold SPS/PSS Bern [97]
Daniel Vischer GPS Zürich
Peter Vollmer SPS/PSS Bern [98]
Christian Waber EDU Bern
Markus Wäfler EDU Zürich
Felix Walker CVP/PDC St. Gallen Resigned December 2006, succeeded by Thomas Müller
Hansjörg Walter SVP/UDC Thurgau [99]
Hansruedi Wandfluh SVP/UDC Bern [100]
Kurt Wasserfallen FDP/PRD Bern [101] Died December 2, 2006, succeeded by Marc F. Suter
Reto Wehrli CVP/PDC Schwyz [102]
Peter Weigelt FDP/PRD St. Gallen [103] Resigned June 2006, succeeded by Andreas Zeller
Hermann Weyeneth SVP/UDC Bern [104]
Hans Widmer (politician) SPS/PSS Lucerne [105]
Walter Wobmann SVP/UDC Solothurn [106]
Ursula Wyss SPS/PSS Bern [107]
Rosmarie Zapfl CVP/PDC Zürich [108]
Andreas Zeller FDP/PRD St. Gallen Since September 2006, succeeded to Peter Weigelt
Markus Zemp CVP/PDC Aargau [109] Since 18 September 2006; succeeded to Doris Leuthard
Josef Zisyadis PdA Vaud [110]
Bruno Zuppiger SVP/UDC Zürich [111]

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