Marcel Dettling (born 1 February 1981) is a Swiss farmer and politician. He currently serves as a member of the

Swiss National Council The National Council (; ; ; ) is a house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, representing the people. The other house, Council of States, represents the states, preventing more populous parts of the country overpowering the rest. As the p ...

for 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 ...

since 2015. He currently also serves as the vice president of the

on the federal level. Dettling previously served on the

Cantonal Council of Schwyz Cantonal Council of Schwyz (German: ''Schwyzer Kantonsrat'') is the legislature of the Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. Schwyz has a unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisti ...

from 2008 to 2015. In March 2024, he was unanimously elected as president of the Swiss People's Party. Dettling is part of the conservative wing of the SVP, and emphasizes opposition to migration and the European Union as political issues.

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Living people 1981 births Swiss People's Party politicians Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2023–2027 Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 2019–2023 People from Einsiedeln {{switzerland-politician-stub