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Gerhard Andrey
Gerhard Andrey (born 21 January 1976) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician who currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland), Swiss National Council for the canton of Fribourg. A member of the Green Party of Switzerland Andrey was the Green Party's candidate for Federal Council in the 2023 Swiss Federal Council election, 2023 Federal Council election to unseat incumbent The Liberals (Switzerland), FDP federal councillors, which did not succeed. Early life and education Andrey was born on 21 January 1976 in Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland to Annelies and Peter Andrey. His father was a farmer and Municipal council, community councillor of the Christian Democratic People's Party in Heitenried in Fribourg. From 1991 to 1995 Gerhard Andrey learnt to be a Carpentry, carpenter in St. Antoni. He then went on to study wood engineering at the Bern University of Applied Sciences from 1996 to 2000 and in 1999 Andrey worked in Costa Rica on an apprenticeship. In 2001 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council (Switzerland)
The National Council (; ; ; ) is a house of the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly of Switzerland, representing the people. The other house, Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States, represents the states, preventing more populous parts of the country overpowering the rest. As the powers of the houses are the same, it is sometimes called perfect bicameralism. Both houses meet in the Federal Palace of Switzerland in Bern. The national council comprises 200 persons. Adult citizens elect the council's members, who are called National Councillors, for four year terms. These members are apportioned to the Swiss cantons in proportion to their population. Organisation With 200 members, the National Council is the larger house of the Swiss legislature. It represents the people, the vote of each citizen having more or less the same weight, whereas the Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States represents the cantons - each of them having the same weight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
