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Hans Uhlmann (born 11 November 1933 in Bonau, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician from the
Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in ...
(SVP). A professional farmer, he has left the national political scene in 1999 and now works only behind the scenes. Ulhman served on the council (1964–1987), the
Grand Council of Thurgau The Grand Council of Thurgau () is the legislature of the canton of Thurgau, in Switzerland. Thurgau has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 130 seats, with members elected every four years. The council has the unique feature in Swi ...
(1980–1984) and the National Council (1983–1987). On 18 October 1987 Ulhmann was elected to the Senate for the canton of
Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...
, where he remained until 1999. He served as president of the canton of Thurgau (1985–1989), and then the President of the SVP, following the presidency of
Adolf Ogi Adolf Ogi (; born 18 July 1942) is a Swiss politician who most recently served as Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace from 2001 to 2008. He previously served as member of the Federal Council (Switzerlan ...
. Ulhmann's declared aim as a national party president was to open it to new voters, and in particular former SP (
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) voters, who no longer felt represented by their party. Uhlmann is married and has two children.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uhlmann, Hans 1933 births Living people Members of the Council of States (Switzerland) Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Swiss farmers Swiss People's Party politicians