Werner Salzmann

Werner Salzmann (born 5 November 1962, Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Switzerland) is a tax expert and politician of the Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP). He is a cantonal chief tax chief expert in the Canton of Bern, a former member of the National Council and a current member of the Council of States.

Werner Salzmann
Member of the Swiss Council of States
Assumed office
2 December 2019
Parliamentary groupSwiss People's Party
ConstituencyBern
Member of the Swiss National Council
In office
30 November 2015 – 1 December 2019
Parliamentary groupSwiss People's Party
ConstituencyBern
Personal details
Born5 November 1962
Gurtendorf bei Wabern, Bern, Switzerland
Political partySVP

Education and professional career

He is graduate of the Swiss agircultural school[1] He was an agricultural tax expert in the Canton Bern between 1995 and 2007.[1] In 2007 he was promoted to the agricultural tax chief expert of the Canton.[1]

Political career

He was elected into the National Council in the parliamentary elections of 2015.[2] In the parliamentary elections 2019 he was elected into the Council of States.[2] In the National Council he served as the head of the committee of security policy.[3] In the Council of States he is the vice-president of the committee of security policy.[3]

Political views

As the head of the committee of security policy he successfully campaigned to raise the military budget to a 1 % share by 2030.[4] To achieve this, he suggested to limit the expenditure for development aid and higher education in May 2022.[5]

President of SVP in Canton Bern

He was elected the president of the Bernese branch from the SVP in 1995.[1] By the SVP he is credited with achieving a conservative majority in the Bernese executive and that the SVP returned to the Council of States in 2019.[1] In June 2021, he resigned.[1] In October 2022, he was presented as candidate for the succession for Ueli Maurer, the resigning member of the Federal Council by the SVP branch of Bern.[6]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.[3][7] In 2021, he assumed as the president of the Swiss association of vegetable producers.[8]

References
  1. "Werner Salzmann tritt zurück". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. "Erster offizieller Kandidat - Der Berner Ständerat Werner Salzmann will Bundesrat werden". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. "Werner Salzmann". Swiss Parliament. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  4. Graber, Michael. "Auch Ständerat sagt Ja: Das Armeebudget wird deutlich aufgestockt". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. Schäfer, Fabian. "Armeebudget: Sozialstaat und Hochschulen sollen zurückstehen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  6. Kirchberg, Samuel Thomi, André Bissegger und Stefan Bühler. "Maurer-Nachfolge: Berner SVP nominiert Rösti und Salzmann". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Stäheli, Gina Bachmann, Chiara. "Werner Salzmann lanciert Bundesrats-Kandidatur". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "Salzmann folgt auf Germann als Präsident". Schweizer Bauer (in German). 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
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