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The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland, in German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SPS), French Parti socialiste suisse (PSS), Italian Partito Socialista Svizzero, Romansh Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra) was founded on October 21, 1888 and is one of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the left-most party with representatives in the Swiss Federal Council. It is also the second largest political party in the Swiss Parliament. The current members in the council are: Micheline Calmy-Rey and Moritz Leuenberger.
In 2003, it held 52 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 9 (out of 46) in the second chamber and 2 out of 7 mandates in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it held 23,8% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 23,2% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats).
Presidents
| 1888-1889 | Alexander Reichel |
| 1890-1891 | Albert Steck |
| 1892-1894 | Eugen Wullschleger |
| 1894-1896 | Wilhelm Fürholz |
| 1897 | Karl Zgraggen |
| 1898 | Paul Brandt |
| 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 Grüter |
| 1970-1974 | Arthur Schmid |
| 1974-1990 | Helmut Hubacher |
| 1990-1997 | Peter Bodenmann |
| 1997-2000 | Ursula Koch |
| 2000-2004 | Christiane Brunner |
| From 2004 | Hans-Jürg Fehr |
Members of the Swiss Federal Council
- | 1943-1951 | Ernst Nobs | - | 1951-1953 | Max Weber | - | 1959-1969 | Willy Spühler | - | 1959-1973 | Hans-Peter Tschudi | - | 1969-1977 | Pierre Graber | - | 1973-1983 | Willy Ritschard | - | 1977-1987 | Pierre Aubert | - | 1987-1993 | René Felber | - | 1983-1995 | Otto Stich | - | 1993-2002 | Ruth Dreifuss | - | From 1995 | Moritz Leuenberger | - | From 2002 | Micheline Calmy-Rey |
External links
- www.sp-ps.ch: The Web site, only available in French and German.
Political parties in Switzerland | Social democratic parties | Socialist International | 1888 establishments
SP | Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz | Partido Socialista Suizo | Parti socialiste suisse | Partito Socialista Svizzero | Šveicarijos socialdemokratų partija | Sociaal-Democratische Partij van Zwitserland | Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz | Socjaldemokratyczna Partia Szwajcarii
"Social Democratic Party of Switzerland"