Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter (born 19 February 1964

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

) is a Swiss jurist and politician of The Centre (formerly known as the Christian Democratic People's Party).

Political career

She has been a member of the parliament of the Canton Basel-Landschaft since 1999, over which she also presided in the term between 2006 and 2007. In November 2010, she replaced the resigning Kathrin Amacker in the National Council. She was also a member of the

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(PACE). At the party conference of the CVP Baselland in October 2018, Schneider-Schneiter was nominated as a candidate for the successor of

Doris Leuthard Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss ...

in the Federal Council. She would have been the first Federal Councillor from the Basel Landschaft in 123 years. However, the CVP later decided to present a two-person ticket with the National Councilor

Viola Amherd Viola Patricia Amherd (born 7 June 1962) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2019 to 2025, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 between 1 January and 31 December. She was the head of the ...

Canton Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...

and the councilor of

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Heidi Z’graggen Adelheid Franziska Z’graggen commonly known as Heidi Z’graggen (born 1 February 1966) is a Swiss political scientist and politician who currently serves on the Council of States (Switzerland) for The Centre (political party), The Centre (prev ...

for the

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election. Eventually, Viola Amherd was elected into the Federal Council. In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019, Schneider-Schneiter was re-elected to the National Council rather comfortably as the CVP entered the elections within a political alliance with the Green Liberal Party (GLP) and the Evangelical People's Party (EVP).

Further activities

Schneider-Schneiter is the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Basel and a member of the Board of Directors in the

Economiesuisse Economiesuisse is a Swiss corporate union, composed of the fusion of the Union suisse du commerce et de l'industrie ("Swiss union of commerce and industry") or Vorort, and of the Société pour le développement de l'économie suisse ("society ...

. She is also a Member of the Board at Primeo Energy and the President of the European Youth Choir Festival.

Personal life

She lives is married and has two children. Living in

Biel-Benken Biel-Benken (Swiss German: ''Biel-Bängge'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as ''Beinkon''. It was also known as ''Benken maior'' to distin ...

, her places of origin are

Lenzburg Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal, Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. L ...

and

Schwendibach Schwendibach is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg. History Schwendibach is fir ...

References

External links

Personal website

CVP profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider-Schneiter, Elisabeth 1964 births Living people People from Basel-Landschaft Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians The Centre politicians Women members of the National Council (Switzerland) Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2023–2027 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2019–2023 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2011–2015 21st-century Swiss women politicians