Stéphane Rossini

Stéphane Rossini (born 9 August 1963 in Sion, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician and the former vice President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (2008–2012).[1]

Stéphane Rossini
Personal details
Born (1963-08-09) 9 August 1963
Sion, Switzerland
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne

Rossini sat on the Grand Council of Valais between 1993 and 1999.[2] He was elected to the National Council for the first time in 1999 and reelected in 2003, 2007 and 2011.[3]

In 2011, Rossini announced his candidacy to replace Micheline Calmy-Rey in the Swiss Federal Council, but was ultimately not nominated by his party.[4]

In 2014, Rossini was elected as President of the National Council.[5] Towards the end of his one-year term as President, Rossini announced he would not seek another term in the National Council.[6] In 2016, Rossini considered running for the Conseil d'État of the canton of Valais but ultimately decided against it.[7]

Rossini studied political science at the University of Lausanne and obtained a doctor's degree in 1995.[8] He is a professor at the Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel and was elected to succeed Christine Beerli as president of the agency council of Swissmedic in 2017.[9]

References
  1. "Unterlegener Bundesratskandidat tritt nicht mehr an". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. "Président du National: Stéphane Rossini, la politique chevillée au cœur - Suisse - lematin.ch". Le Matin (in French). 24 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Stéphane Rossini". parlament.ch. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. "SP nominiert Berset und Maillard". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. "High-stakes year ahead for Switzerland's new president". Swissinfo. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. "Nationalratspräsident Rossini kritisiert aktivere Interessengruppen". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. "Wahl-Krach in der Walliser SP: Rossini verzichtet im Zorn". SRF (in German). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. "Stéphane Rossini – der Unaufgeregte" (in German). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. "Das hat der Bundesrat am Mittwoch entschieden". Neue Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.


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