Maja Riniker

Maja Riniker held her first speech in the National Council, in 1995, then as a member of the Scouts.^[5] Riniker was elected into the school commission of Suhr with twenty-seven years of age.^[5] After eight years she resigned, when her first child entered school.^[5] Since about 2009 she was a co-president of the cantonal women's branch of the FDP for 10 years.^[5] She is currently an honorary member of the women's branch.^[1] Riniker entered into the Gand Council of Aargau in 2014, as the successor of Beat Rüetschi.^[5] In the grand Council, she was the president of the Public Security Commission for three years.^[5] In 2017, Riniker was considered a candidate to the municipality of Suhr, but she declined.^[5]

She run both in 2011 and 2015 as a candidate for the National Council, but was not elected.^[5] In November 2018, Riniker was nominated a candidate for the National Council for Aargau by the Suhr branch of the FDP.^[2] In the National council she took a seat in the Security Commission.^[1] In September 2022, she was nominated as the second vicepresidency of the National Council by the FDP, to which the party was entitled.^[6] In November 2022, she was elected.^[7] Riniker was reelected in 2023 to the National Council.^[8] In December 2024 she assumed the presidency of the National Council,^[9] after serving as first vice-president from December 2023. She served as President until December 2025 when she was succeeded by Pierre-André Page (SVP).^[10]

She supports a stronger military and also the purchase of a new fighter jet.^[5] In December 2021 she supported the establishment of a Cybercommando in the Swiss army.^[11] In December 2021, after she became aware that the Swiss army was called to assist in the vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, she demanded that other options such as the Swiss Civilian Service should be considered first.^[12] In September 2020, she was elected the president of the Federation of the Swiss Civilian Service (SZSV).^[13]

She is married with a medic and journalist Florian Riniker and has three children.^[5] She has three places of origin in Aargau, Villigen, Habsburg and Lenzburg.^[5] She separates municipal politics from family life and left the local school commission in which she was active for eight years until her first child entered school.^[5] Also the candidacy for the presidency of the municipality of Suhr she declined for the same reason.^[5]