Werner Salzmann

Werner Salzmann
Member of the Swiss Council of States
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 December 2019
Parliamentary groupSwiss People's Party
ConstituencyBern
Member of the Swiss National Council
In office
30 November 2015 – 1 December 2019
Parliamentary groupSwiss People's Party
ConstituencyBern
Personal details
Born5 November 1962
Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Bern, Switzerland
Political partySVP

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.

Education and professional career

He is graduate of the Swiss agircultural school [de][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]

Political career

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]

Political views

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]

President of SVP in Canton Bern

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]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.[3][7] In 2021, he assumed as the president of the Swiss association of vegetable producers.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Werner Salzmann tritt zurück". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. ^ a b "Erster offizieller Kandidat - Der Berner Ständerat Werner Salzmann will Bundesrat werden". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. ^ a b c "Werner Salzmann". Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  4. ^ Graber, Michael. "Auch Ständerat sagt Ja: Das Armeebudget wird deutlich aufgestockt". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ^ Schäfer, Fabian. "Armeebudget: Sozialstaat und Hochschulen sollen zurückstehen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  6. ^ Kirchberg, Samuel Thomi, André Bissegger und Stefan Bühler. "Maurer-Nachfolge: Berner SVP nominiert Rösti und Salzmann". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Stäheli, Gina Bachmann, Chiara. "Werner Salzmann lanciert Bundesrats-Kandidatur". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Salzmann folgt auf Germann als Präsident". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2022-11-05.