Walter Wobmann | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 1 December 2003 | |
Constituency | Solothurn |
Personal details | |
Born | Entlebuch, Switzerland | 21 November 1957
Political party | Swiss People's Party |
Walter Wobmann (born 21 November 1957) is a Swiss politician for the Swiss People's Party.
Wobmann has held an MP position at the National Council of Switzerland since 2003. He is a member of the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland. [1]
Wobmann has campaigned against minarets in Switzerland as president of the committee in support of the Swiss minaret ban referendum in 2009. [2] In 2016, Wobmann has introduced legislation to disallow the wearing of the hijabs in passport photos; this proposal was likened to the French ban on face covering. [3] [4] This would change current Swiss law, which allows the wearing of religious headscarves in photographs taken for Swiss passports and driver's licenses, so long as the face is identifiable. [3]
Walter Wobmann | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 1 December 2003 | |
Constituency | Solothurn |
Personal details | |
Born | Entlebuch, Switzerland | 21 November 1957
Political party | Swiss People's Party |
Walter Wobmann (born 21 November 1957) is a Swiss politician for the Swiss People's Party.
Wobmann has held an MP position at the National Council of Switzerland since 2003. He is a member of the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland. [1]
Wobmann has campaigned against minarets in Switzerland as president of the committee in support of the Swiss minaret ban referendum in 2009. [2] In 2016, Wobmann has introduced legislation to disallow the wearing of the hijabs in passport photos; this proposal was likened to the French ban on face covering. [3] [4] This would change current Swiss law, which allows the wearing of religious headscarves in photographs taken for Swiss passports and driver's licenses, so long as the face is identifiable. [3]