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Werner Salzmann
Werner Salzmann (born 5 November 1962, Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Switzerland) is a tax expert and politician of the Swiss People's Party, Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP). He is a cantonal chief tax chief expert in the Canton of Bern, a former member of the National Council (Switzerland), National Council and a current member of the Council of States (Switzerland), Council of States. Education and professional career He is graduate of the He was an agricultural tax expert in the Canton Bern between 1995 and 2007. In 2007 he was promoted to the agricultural tax chief expert of the Canton. Political career He was elected into the National Council in the 2015 Swiss federal election, parliamentary elections of 2015. In the 2019 Swiss federal election, parliamentary elections 2019 he was elected into the Council of States. In the National Council he served as the head of the committee of security policy. In the Council of States he is the vice-president of the committee of security polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Council Of States
The Council of States (german: Ständerat, french: Conseil des États, it, Consiglio degli Stati, rm, Cussegl dals Stadis) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, with the National Council being the lower house. It comprises 46 members. Twenty of the country's cantons are represented by two Councillors each. Six cantons, traditionally called "half cantons", are represented by one Councillor each for historical reasons. These are Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden. The Councillors serve for four years, and are not bound in their vote to instructions from the cantonal authorities. Electoral system Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election to the Council of States is left to the cantons, the provision being that it must be a democratic method. All cantons now provide for the councilors to be chosen by popular election, although historically it was typically the cantons' le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
