Eric Nussbaumer

Eric Nussbaumer (born 11 September 1960, Mulhouse, France[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 the current Vice-President of the National Council.

Eric Nussbaumer
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born11 September 1960
Mulhouse, France
Children3
EducationUniversity of Applied Sciences of Zurich

Early life and education

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

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

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

Foreign policy

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

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

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

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
  1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. "Eric Nussbaumer". Eric Nussbaumer (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  3. "Personalie - Eric Nussbaumer neuer Leiter Kommunikation bei Swisspower". Thurgauer Zeitung (in German). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. Hofer, Dimitri. "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. Nittnaus, Michael. "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. "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. "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. Ballmer, Daniel. "Nationalrat - Eric Nussbaumer ist mit der Energiestrategie 2050 zufrieden". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  17. Stula, Bojan. "FC Landrat - Eric Nussbaumer schiesst den FC Landrat ins Elend". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  18. Schmid, Dennis Bühler und Stefan. "Interview - «Das Schildkröten-Tempo unserer Nati erinnert an den FC Nationalrat»". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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