Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter

Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter (born 19 February 1964 Basel) is a Swiss jurist and politician of The Centre (formerly known as the Christian Democratic People's Party).^[1]

Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2010
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-19) 19 February 1964 (age 61) Basel
Political party	Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

Political career

She has been a member of the parliament of the Canton Basel-Landschaft since 1999,^[1] over which she also presided in the term between 2006 and 2007.^[2] In November 2010, she replaced the resigning Kathrin Amacker in the National Council.^[3] She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).^[4]

At the party conference of the CVP Baselland in October 2018, Schneider-Schneiter was nominated as a candidate for the successor of Doris Leuthard in the Federal Council.^[5] She would have been the first Federal Councillor from the Basel Landschaft in 123 years.^[5] However, the CVP later decided to present a two-person ticket with the National Councilor Viola Amherd of Canton Valais and the councilor of Uri Heidi Z’graggen for the Federal Council election.^[6] Eventually, Viola Amherd was elected into the Federal Council.^[7] In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019, Schneider-Schneiter was re-elected to the National Council rather comfortably as the CVP entered the elections within a political alliance with the Green Liberal Party (GLP) and the Evangelical People's Party (EVP).^[8]

Further activities

Schneider-Schneiter is the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Basel and a member of the Board of Directors in the Economiesuisse.^[9] She is also a Member of the Board at Primeo Energy^[10] and the President of the European Youth Choir Festival.^[11]

Personal life

She lives is married and has two children.^[12] Living in Biel-Benken, her places of origin are Basel, Lenzburg and Schwendibach.^[1]