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Maja Riniker
Swiss politician (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maja Riniker (born 23 May 1978)[1] is a Swiss politician of the Liberals (FDP) and a member of the National Council[2] the lower house of the Swiss Parliament. She served as president of the National Council from December 2024 to December 2025.[3]
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Early life and education
She was born in Aarau in and grew up in Lenzburg where she attended primary and high school.[4] Her father was Ruedi Baumann, an architect, municipal politician and commander of a panzer-battalion.[5] She then trained as a merchant at the Swiss Bank Corporation in Aarau accompanied by a graduation with a Matura.[4] Following she worked for banks in Zürich before in 2003 she returned to Aarau.[4] In Aarau she worked in the administration of her husbands medical clinic.[5] In 2020, she resigned from the office.[4]
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Political career
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Maja Riniker held her first speech in the National Council, in 1995, then as a member of the Scouts.[5] Riniker was elected into the school commission of Suhr with twenty-seven years of age.[5] After eight years she resigned, when her first child entered school.[5] Since about 2009 she was a co-president of the cantonal women's branch of the FDP for 10 years.[5] She is currently an honorary member of the women's branch.[1] Riniker entered into the Gand Council of Aargau in 2014, as the successor of Beat Rüetschi.[5] In the grand Council, she was the president of the Public Security Commission for three years.[5] In 2017, Riniker was considered a candidate to the municipality of Suhr, but she declined.[5]
Member of the National Council
She run both in 2011 and 2015 as a candidate for the National Council, but was not elected.[5] In November 2018, Riniker was nominated a candidate for the National Council for Aargau by the Suhr branch of the FDP.[2] In the National council she took a seat in the Security Commission.[1] In September 2022, she was nominated as the second vicepresidency of the National Council by the FDP, to which the party was entitled.[6] In November 2022, she was elected.[7] Riniker was reelected in 2023 to the National Council.[8] In December 2024 she assumed the presidency of the National Council,[9] after serving as first vice-president from December 2023. She served as President until December 2025 when she was succeeded by Pierre-André Page (SVP).[10]
Political positions
She supports a stronger military and also the purchase of a new fighter jet.[5] In December 2021 she supported the establishment of a Cybercommando in the Swiss army.[11] In December 2021, after she became aware that the Swiss army was called to assist in the vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, she demanded that other options such as the Swiss Civilian Service should be considered first.[12] In September 2020, she was elected the president of the Federation of the Swiss Civilian Service (SZSV).[13]
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Personal life
She is married with a medic and journalist Florian Riniker and has three children.[5] She has three places of origin in Aargau, Villigen, Habsburg and Lenzburg.[5] She separates municipal politics from family life and left the local school commission in which she was active for eight years until her first child entered school.[5] Also the candidacy for the presidency of the municipality of Suhr she declined for the same reason.[5]
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