Werner Salzmann | |
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Member of the Swiss Council of States | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | Swiss People's Party |
Constituency | Bern |
Member of the Swiss National Council | |
In office 30 November 2015 – 1 December 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | Swiss People's Party |
Constituency | Bern |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 November 1962 Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Bern, Switzerland |
Political party | SVP |
Werner Salzmann (born 5 November 1962, Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Switzerland) is a tax expert and politician of the Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP). He is a cantonal chief tax chief expert in the Canton of Bern, a former member of the National Council and a current member of the Council of States.
He is graduate of the Swiss agircultural school [1] He was an agricultural tax expert in the Canton Bern between 1995 and 2007. [1] In 2007 he was promoted to the agricultural tax chief expert of the Canton. [1]
He was elected into the National Council in the parliamentary elections of 2015. [2] In the parliamentary elections 2019 he was elected into the Council of States. [2] In the National Council he served as the head of the committee of security policy. [3] In the Council of States he is the vice-president of the committee of security policy. [3]
As the head of the committee of security policy he successfully campaigned to raise the military budget to a 1 % share by 2030. [4] To achieve this, he suggested to limit the expenditure for development aid and higher education in May 2022. [5]
He was elected the president of the Bernese branch from the SVP in 1995. [1] By the SVP he is credited with achieving a conservative majority in the Bernese executive and that the SVP returned to the Council of States in 2019. [1] In June 2021, he resigned. [1] In October 2022, he was presented as candidate for the succession for Ueli Maurer, the resigning member of the Federal Council by the SVP branch of Bern. [6]
He is married and has four children. [3] [7] In 2021, he assumed as the president of the Swiss association of vegetable producers. [8]
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Werner Salzmann | |
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Member of the Swiss Council of States | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | Swiss People's Party |
Constituency | Bern |
Member of the Swiss National Council | |
In office 30 November 2015 – 1 December 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | Swiss People's Party |
Constituency | Bern |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 November 1962 Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Bern, Switzerland |
Political party | SVP |
Werner Salzmann (born 5 November 1962, Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Switzerland) is a tax expert and politician of the Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP). He is a cantonal chief tax chief expert in the Canton of Bern, a former member of the National Council and a current member of the Council of States.
He is graduate of the Swiss agircultural school [1] He was an agricultural tax expert in the Canton Bern between 1995 and 2007. [1] In 2007 he was promoted to the agricultural tax chief expert of the Canton. [1]
He was elected into the National Council in the parliamentary elections of 2015. [2] In the parliamentary elections 2019 he was elected into the Council of States. [2] In the National Council he served as the head of the committee of security policy. [3] In the Council of States he is the vice-president of the committee of security policy. [3]
As the head of the committee of security policy he successfully campaigned to raise the military budget to a 1 % share by 2030. [4] To achieve this, he suggested to limit the expenditure for development aid and higher education in May 2022. [5]
He was elected the president of the Bernese branch from the SVP in 1995. [1] By the SVP he is credited with achieving a conservative majority in the Bernese executive and that the SVP returned to the Council of States in 2019. [1] In June 2021, he resigned. [1] In October 2022, he was presented as candidate for the succession for Ueli Maurer, the resigning member of the Federal Council by the SVP branch of Bern. [6]
He is married and has four children. [3] [7] In 2021, he assumed as the president of the Swiss association of vegetable producers. [8]
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