Andreas Aebi

Andreas Aebi (born 26 November 1958) is a Swiss politician serving as President of the National Council since 2020. 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
President of the National Council
Assumed office
30 November 2020
Preceded byIsabelle Moret
First Vice President of the National Council
In office
2 December 2019 – 30 November 2020
Preceded byIsabelle Moret
Succeeded byIrène Kälin
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
3 December 2007
ConstituencyBern
Personal details
Born (1958-11-26) 26 November 1958
Burgdorf, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
ProfessionFarmer, auctioneer

Biography

Aebi 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
  1. "Official Profile Of Andreas Aebi". Parliament of Switzerland. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. "ASR: Aebi geht, Grünenfelder folgt". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2020-06-25.
  3. "Aebi neuer VR von Fleischhändler". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2018-09-08.
  4. "Zweierticket der Berner SVP". Tagblatt (in German). 2008-11-18.
  5. "Ueli Maurer zum neuen Bundesrat gewählt". Tagblatt (in German). 2008-12-10.
  6. "Moret wird höchste Schweizerin – doch bald folgt ein Grüner". Blick (in German). 2020-11-16.
  7. "Aebi für Vize-Präsidium nominiert". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2019-11-27.
  8. "Isabelle Moret neue Nationalratspräsidentin - Res Aebi wird Vize". Baueren Zeitung (in German). 2019-12-02.
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