SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SWITZERLAND

The 'Social Democratic Party of Switzerland' (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland; ; ; ; ) was founded on October 21, 1888 and is one of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the left-most party with representatives in the Swiss Federal Council. It is also the 'second largest' political party in the Swiss Parliament. The current members in the council are: Micheline Calmy-Rey and Moritz Leuenberger.
In 2003, it held 52 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 9 (out of 46) in the second chamber and 2 out of 7 mandates in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body).
By 2005, it held 23,8% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 23,2% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats).
They are considered the most pro-European party in Swiss politics.

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Presidents

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Presidents

1888-1889	Alexander Reichel
1890-1891	Albert Steck
1892-1894	Eugen Wullschleger
1894-1896	Wilhelm Fürholz
1897	Karl Zgraggen
1898	Paul Brandt
1898-1901	Otto Lang
1901-1902	Joseph Albisser
1902-1908	Gottfried Reimann
1909-1910	Eduard Kessler
1911	Hans Näher
1912-1916	Fritz Studer
1916-1917	Emil Klöti
1918	Jakob Gschwend
1919	Gustav Müller
1919-1936	Ernst Reinhard
1937-1952	Hans Oprecht
1953-1962	Walther Bringolf
1962-1970	Fritz Grüter
1970-1974	Arthur Schmid
1974-1990	Helmut Hubacher
1990-1997	Peter Bodenmann
1997-2000	Ursula Koch
2000-2004	Christiane Brunner
Since 2004	Hans-Jürg Fehr

==Members of the Swiss Federal Council==

1943-1951	Ernst Nobs
1951-1953	Max Weber
1959-1969	Willy Spühler
1959-1973	Hans-Peter Tschudi
1969-1977	Pierre Graber
1973-1983	Willy Ritschard
1977-1987	Pierre Aubert
1987-1993	René Felber
1983-1995	Otto Stich
1993-2002	Ruth Dreifuss
Since 1995	Moritz Leuenberger
Since 2002	Micheline Calmy-Rey

External links

★ www.sp-ps.ch: The Web site, only available in French and German.