Andreas Aebi

Andreas Aebi (born 26 November 1958) is a Swiss politician. He has been a member of the National Council since 2007. He is the First Vice President of the National Council for the 2019-2020 session.

Andreas Aebi
First Vice President of the National Council
Assumed office
2 December 2019
Preceded byIsabelle Moret
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
Assumed office
3 December 2007
ConstituencyBern
Personal details
Born (1958-11-26) 26 November 1958
Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
ProfessionFarmer, Auctioneer

Biography

Aebi was born in Burgdorf, in the Emmental region of the Canton of Bern. He is a farmer by profession and also works as an auctioneer.[1]

From 1999 to 2020, he was on the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schweizerischer Rinderzüchter, the Association of Cattle Breeders. He led the association from 2014 to 2020.[2] In 2018, he joined the board of directors of Lüthi & Portmann Fleischwaren AG, one of the largest meat processors in Switzerland.[3]

He entered politics in 1998 as the president of the municipality of Alchenstorf. In 2007, he was elected to the National Council as a member of the Swiss People’s Party. In the National Council, he has been on the Committee for Foreign Affairs and the delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[1]

In 2008, the Bern SVP nominated for a seat on the Federal Council to succeed Samuel Schmid, who resigned. At the time, he was not viewed as a serious contender, but was placed into nomination as a representative of agricultural interests in the party.[4] The Federal Council seat ultimately went to Ueli Maurer, the former SVP chairman.[5]

In 2007, left his role as a municipal executive and became the SVP party president the following year.

In the 2019 election, Heinz Brand, the council’s Second Vice President, was defeated for re-election. As Second Vice President, he would have been the successor to Isabelle Moret as First Vice President upon her election as National Council President.[6] To replace Brand in the role, the SVP nominated Aebi over Thomas Hurter and Christian Imark.[7] The National Council elected him to the post with 187 of 191 votes.[8] Aebi is now first in line to become the National Council President in 2020.[7]

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References
  1. "Official Profile Of Andreas Aebi". Parliament of Switzerland. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. "ASR: Aebi geht, Grünenfelder folgt". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2020-06-25.
  3. "Aebi neuer VR von Fleischhändler". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2018-09-08.
  4. "Zweierticket der Berner SVP". Tagblatt (in German). 2008-11-18.
  5. "Ueli Maurer zum neuen Bundesrat gewählt". Tagblatt (in German). 2008-12-10.
  6. "Moret wird höchste Schweizerin – doch bald folgt ein Grüner". Blick (in German). 2020-11-16.
  7. "Aebi für Vize-Präsidium nominiert". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2019-11-27.
  8. "Isabelle Moret neue Nationalratspräsidentin - Res Aebi wird Vize". Baueren Zeitung (in German). 2019-12-02.
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