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Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
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| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | |
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| Party Name in German | Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP) |
| Party Name in French | Parti socialiste suisse (PS) |
| Party Name in Italian | Partito Socialista Svizzero (PS) |
| Party Name in Romansh | Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra (PS) |
| President | Hans-Jürg Fehr |
| Members of the Swiss Federal Council | Micheline Calmy-Rey and Moritz Leuenberger |
| Founded | 21 October 1888 |
| Headquarters | Spitalgasse 34 CH-3001 Berne |
| Political Ideology | Social democracy, Centre-left |
| European Affiliation | Party of European Socialists (observer) |
| International Affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | www.sp-ps.ch |
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Politics & Government Swiss Federal Council |
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland; German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP); French: Parti socialiste suisse (PS); Italian: Partito Socialista Svizzero; Romansh: Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra) is a social-democratic party in Switzerland.
It 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.
Social Democrats are considered the most pro-European party in Swiss politics.
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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). At the last legislative elections, 22 October 2007, the party won 19.5 % of the popular vote and 43 out of 200 seats. [1]
| 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 |
| Since 2004 | Hans-Jürg Fehr |
| 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 |
| Since 1995 | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Since 2002 | Micheline Calmy-Rey |
- www.sp-ps.ch: The Web site, only available in French and German.
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| Major parties | SVP/UDC/PPS - SPS/PSS - FDP/PRD/PLR/PLD - CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD |
| Minor parties | CSP/PCS - EVP/PEV - FPS/PSL - GPS/PES - LPS/PLS/PLC - SD/DS - Lega - EDU/UDF - PdA/PST-POP/PC - AL - Sol |
| Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Switzerland | |
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