Eric Nussbaumer
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11 September 1960
Eric Nussbaumer | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2019 | |
| President of the National Council | |
| In office 4 December 2023 – 2 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Candinas |
| Succeeded by | Maja Riniker |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | Basel-Landschaft |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Nussbaumer 11 September 1960 Mulhouse, France |
| Party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Applied Sciences of Zurich |
Eric Nussbaumer (born 11 September 1960 in Mulhouse[1]) is a French-born Swiss politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party since 2007. He concurrently served as the President of the National Council from 2023 to 2024.[2]
Nussbaumer was born 11 September 1960 in Mulhouse, France, the second of three children, to Hans Nussbaumer, a farmer and estate manager, and Blanche Nussbaumer (née Nussbaumer; 1931–2014), into a Anabaptist Mennonite family of Swiss origin. His siblings are; Marc Nussbaumer and Evelyne Röthlisberger (née Nussbaumer).[3]
His paternal and maternal family originally hailed from Lüterkofen in the Canton of Solothurn. They emigrated from Switzerland in the 1920s to manage the Ferme du Château de Pfastatt estate in Pfastatt.[4] They were founding members of the Pfastatt Congregation of the Mennonite Church.[5][6]
While the family retained dual Swiss and French citizenship, his parents decided to return to Switzerland, where Nussbaumer was raised in Effretikon and Brütten near Zurich.[7] He studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences of Zurich (ZHAW).[8]
Professional career
Since 2010 he assumed as the president of the board of the ADEV.[8] In 2015 he also assumed as the director of communication for the Swisspower AG, a cooperative of Swiss energy works.[8] He is the President of the Board of Convivere, a real estate firm that bases its investments on christian values.[9] He founded Convivere together with a fellow politician of the SP in 2020.[9]
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.[10] He presided over the Cantonal Council of Basel-Land in the legislative year 2005–2006.[11] He was a candidate to the Executive Council of Canton Baselland in 2007 and also in 2013.[12] He achieved the best electoral result for the National Council in 2011 and 2019.[13] In 2019 he was also a candidate for the Council of States where he came in third in the first round[13] and then did not pursue an election in a second round.[14]
