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Eric Nussbaumer

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Eric Nussbaumer
Official portrait, 2019
President of the National Council
In office
4 December 2023 – 2 December 2024
Preceded byMartin Candinas
Succeeded byMaja Riniker
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 December 2007
ConstituencyBasel-Landschaft
Personal details
Born (1960-09-11) 11 September 1960 (age 64)
Mulhouse, France
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
Children3
EducationUniversity of Applied Sciences of Zurich

Eric Nussbaumer (born 11 September 1960[1]) is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and member of the National Council, the lower chamber of the Swiss Parliament. He is a former President of the National Council.

Early life and education

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Eric Nussbaumer was born in Mulhouse in Alsace, France and grew up in Canton Zürich.[2] He studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences of Zurich (ZHAW)[3] following which he worked for two energy companies for some years.[2] In 1988 Nussbaumer became the director of the energy cooperative ADEV in Liestal, a post he held until 2009.[3]

Professional career

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Since 2010 he assumed as the president of the board of the ADEV.[3] In 2015 he also assumed as the director of communication for the Swisspower AG, a cooperative of Swiss energy works.[3] He is the President of the Board of Convivere, a real estate firm that bases its investments on christian values.[4] He founded Convivere together with a fellow politician of the SP in 2020.[4]

Political career

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He was a member of the municipal council and the Cantonal Council of Basel-Land from 1998 before he was elected into the National Council in 2007.[5] He presided over the Cantonal Council of Basel-Land in the legislative year 2005–2006.[6] He was a candidate to the Executive Council of Canton Baselland in 2007 and also in 2013.[7] He achieved the best electoral result for the National Council in 2011 and 2019.[8] In 2019 he was also a candidate for the Council of States where he came in third in the first round[8] and then did not pursue an election in a second round.[9]

Political positions

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Foreign policy

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Eric Nussbaumer supports an improvement of the relations with the European Union.[10] He is the president of the European Movement Switzerland which demands from the Federal Council to begin negotiations over Switzerlands participation in the EU projects Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and Digital Europe.[11] He also defends the freedom of expression.[12][13] He was elected the Vice-President of the National Council in 2022, which means he will assume its presidency in 2023.[14]

Energy

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As a member of the energy commission in the National Council, he was involved into the drafting of the energy strategy 2050.[15][16] He supports renewable and sustainable energy sources and an independence from nuclear energy.[16]

Football

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He was the Captain of the FC Landrat, the football club of the Cantonal Council of Baselland and was also a member of the FC Nationalrat, the football club of the National Council.[17] As a member of the FC Nationalrat, he was delighted when Marcel Dobler of the Liberals was elected into the National Council.[18] On an other side he also sees the FC Nationalrat as supportive of finding alliances in national politics.[18] He opposes the development of higher sums for transfers of football players, which apparently reminds him of a slave market.[18]

Personal life

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Eric Nussbaumer is married and has three children.[3] He was born in Mulhouse, France, has his place of origin in Lüterkofen,[1] grew up in Zürich, and since 1988 Nussbaumer resides in Liestal, Baselland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Eric Nussbaumer". Eric Nussbaumer (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Personalie - Eric Nussbaumer neuer Leiter Kommunikation bei Swisspower". Thurgauer Zeitung (in German). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. ^ a b Hofer, Dimitri (14 August 2020). "Sozialdiakonie - Eric Nussbaumers biblischer Kampf gegen Spekulanten". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  5. ^ "Eric Nussbaumer". Kurzbiografien und Porträts. Federal Assembly of Switzerland. p. 122. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  6. ^ "Nussbaumer Eric". baselland.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  7. ^ "Ersatzwahl Baselland - Eric Nussbaumer setzt auf seinen grossen politischen Rucksack". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  8. ^ a b Nittnaus, Michael (20 October 2019). "Wahlen - Eric Nussbaumer nach der Ständerats-Niederlage: "Es fuchst, dass am Ende so wenig fehlte"". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  9. ^ "Kanton Baselland - Maya Graf ist die neue Baselbieter Ständerätin". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  10. ^ Hoskyn, Jonas (14 October 2022). "Neue Basler Initiative fordert bessere Zusammenarbeit mit EU". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  11. ^ Matt, Othmar von (27 August 2022). "Die Europäische Bewegung Schweiz will den Bundesrat zu Verhandlungen mit der EU zwingen". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  12. ^ Scheller, Florian (2022-08-09). "Eric Nussbaumer, warum distanzieren Sie sich nicht von Daniele Ganser?". bajour.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  13. ^ Bühler, Dennis (7 July 2015). "Streit - "Antidemokrat" am Parteitag? Martin Schulz entzweit die SP". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  14. ^ "Nationalrat - Eric Nussbaumer wird 2023 höchster Schweizer". bz Basel (in German). 19 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  15. ^ Schmied, Stefan; Fumagalli, Antonio (19 March 2015). "Energiestrategie 2050 - «Werden Sie gescheiter!» – «Es ist schon intelligent!»". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  16. ^ a b Ballmer, Daniel (October 2016). "Nationalrat - Eric Nussbaumer ist mit der Energiestrategie 2050 zufrieden". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  17. ^ Stula, Bojan (6 March 2013). "FC Landrat - Eric Nussbaumer schiesst den FC Landrat ins Elend". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  18. ^ a b c Schmid, Dennis Bühler und Stefan (10 June 2016). "Interview - "Das Schildkröten-Tempo unserer Nati erinnert an den FC Nationalrat"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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