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Werner Salzmann
Swiss politician (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Education and professional career
He is a graduate of the Swiss agricultural 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]
Political career
He was elected to the National Council in the parliamentary elections of 2015.[2] In the 2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to 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]
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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
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