List of members of the Swiss Council of States (2007–2011)

This is a list of members of the Swiss Council of States of the 48th legislature (2007–2011). Most members were elected in the 2007 Swiss federal election.

Current members

C.	Councillor	Party		W.	Notes
AG	Christine Egerszegi		FDP.The Liberals	[1]
AG	Maximilian Reimann		Swiss People's Party	[2]
AI	Ivo Bischofberger		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
AR	Hans Altherr		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
BE	Simonetta Sommaruga		Social Democratic Party		Reelected
BE	Werner Luginbühl		Conservative Democratic Party		Elected for the Swiss People's Party
BL	Claude Janiak		Social Democratic Party		Reelected
BS	Anita Fetz		Social Democratic Party		Reelected
FR	Urs Schwaller		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
FR	Alain Berset		Social Democratic Party		Reelected; Vice-President 2007/2008
GE	Liliane Maury Pasquier		Social Democratic Party
GE	Robert Cramer		Green Party
GL	This Jenny		Swiss People's Party
GL	Pankraz Freitag		FDP.The Liberals		Elected in February 2008 to succeed Fritz Schiesser
GR	Theo Maissen		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
GR	Christoffel Brändli		Swiss People's Party		Reelected; President 2007/2008
JU	Claude Hêche		Social Democratic Party
JU	Anne Seydoux-Christe		Christian Democratic People's Party
LU	Helen Leumann-Würsch		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
LU	Konrad Graber		Christian Democratic People's Party
NE	Didier Burkhalter		FDP.The Liberals
NE	Gisèle Ory		Social Democratic Party		Reelected
NW	Paul Niederberger		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
OW	Hans Hess		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
SG	Eugen David		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
SG	Erika Forster-Vannini		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected; 2nd Vice-President 2007/2008
SH	Peter Briner		FDP.The Liberals
SH	Hannes Germann		Swiss People's Party		Reelected
SO	Rolf Büttiker		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
SO	Ernst Leuenberger		Social Democratic Party
SZ	Bruno Frick		Christian Democratic People's Party
SZ	Alex Kuprecht		Swiss People's Party
TG	Philipp Stähelin		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
TG	Hermann Bürgi		Swiss People's Party
TI	Filippo Lombardi		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
TI	Dick Marty		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
UR	Hansheiri Inderkum		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected; President 2010/2011
UR	Hansruedi Stadler		Christian Democratic People's Party
VD	Luc Recordon		Green Party
VD	Géraldine Savary		Social Democratic Party		Reelected
VS	René Imoberdorf		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
VS	Jean-René Fournier		Christian Democratic People's Party		Reelected
ZG	Peter Bieri		Christian Democratic People's Party
ZG	Rolf Schweiger		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
ZH	Felix Gutzwiller		FDP.The Liberals		Reelected
ZH	Verena Diener		Green Liberal Party	[3]

Former members

C.	Councillor	Party		Notes
GL	Fritz Schiesser		FDP.The Liberals	Reelected; appointed to ETH Board, resigned, and succeeded by Pankraz Freitag

See also

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