Christiane Brunner

For other people of the same name, see Brunner (disambiguation).

Christiane Brunner
Christiane Brunner (before 2008)
Born	(1947-03-23)23 March 1947 Genève
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Swiss politician, trade unionist and lawyer
Years active	since 1969

Christiane Brunner (b. Geneva, March 23, 1947), is a Swiss female politician and a licensed lawyer.

Career

Brunner has occupied the following positions:

Deputy of the Great Council of the Canton of Geneva, 1981–1990
Member of the National Council, 1991–1995
Member of the Council of States, 1995–2007
President of the Swiss Socialist Party, 2000–2004

1993 Election

Brunner was the official candidate of the Socialist Party when René Felber retired from the Federal Council in 1993. On March 3, 1993, the Federal Assembly elected Francis Matthey, however he forfeited this position due to the opposition of his own party. On March 10, 1993, Ruth Dreifuss was elected to the Federal Council over Christiane Brunner.

Trade Unions and Social Security

Brunner is very active in affairs dealing with trade unions (she is the president of the FTMH union), and was a member of Parliament who became very engaged when topics such as Social Security and labor laws were discussed.

She is currently the president of the Committee for Social Security and Public Health in the Council of States (CSSS-CE).

External links

Biography of Christiane Brunner on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (French)

Presidents of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (list)

1888–1899	1888–1889 Alexander Reichel 1890–1891 Albert Steck 1892–1894 Eugen Wullschleger 1894–1896 Wilhelm Fürholz 1897 Karl Zgraggen 1898 Paul Brandt

1900–1999	1898–1901 Otto Lang 1901–1902 Joseph Albisser 1902–1908 Gottfried Reimann 1909–1910 Eduard Kessler 1911 Hans Näher 1912–1916 Fritz Studer 1916–1917 Emil Klöti 1918 Jakob Gschwend 1919 Gustav Müller 1919–1936 Ernst Reinhard 1937–1952 Hans Oprecht 1953–1962 Walther Bringolf 1962–1970 Fritz Grütter 1970–1974 Arthur Schmid 1974–1990 Helmut Hubacher 1990–1997 Peter Bodenmann 1997–2000 Ursula Koch

since 2000	2000–2004 Christiane Brunner 2004–2008 Hans-Jürg Fehr 2008–present Christian Levrat

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 17962029 LCCN: n90650545 GND: 115862277

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