Christiane Brunner
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-23) 23 March 1947 (age 77) Geneva, Switzerland
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Christiane Brunner (b. Geneva, 23 March 1947) is a Swiss politician and lawyer.

Brunner has occupied the following positions:

• Deputy of the Great Council of the Canton of Geneva, 1981–1990
• Member of the National Council, 1991–1995
• Member of the Council of States, 1995–2007
• President of the Swiss Socialist Party, 2000–2004

Brunner was the official candidate of the Socialist Party when René Felber retired from the Federal Council in 1993. On 3 March 1993 the Federal Assembly elected Francis Matthey, however he forfeited this position due to the opposition of his own party. On 10 March 1993 Ruth Dreifuss was elected to the Federal Council over Christiane Brunner.

Brunner is very active in affairs dealing with trade unions (she is the president of the FTMH union), and was a member of Parliament who became very engaged when topics such as Social Security and labor laws were discussed.

She is currently the president of the Committee for Social Security and Public Health in the Council of States (CSSS-CE).

• Biography of Christiane Brunner on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (French)

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List of Presidents of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
1888–1899	1888–1889: Alexander Reichel 1890–1891: Albert Steck 1892–1894: Eugen Wullschleger 1894–1896: Wilhelm Fürholz 1897: Karl Zgraggen 1898: Paul Brandt
1900–1999	1898–1901: Otto Lang 1901–1902: Joseph Albisser 1902–1908: Gottfried Reimann 1909–1910: Eduard Kessler 1911: Hans Näher 1912–1916: Fritz Studer 1916–1917: Emil Klöti 1918: Jakob Gschwend 1919: Gustav Müller 1919–1936: Ernst Reinhard 1937–1952: Hans Oprecht 1953–1962: Walther Bringolf 1962–1970: Fritz Grütter 1970–1974: Arthur Schmid 1974–1990: Helmut Hubacher 1990–1997: Peter Bodenmann 1997–2000: Ursula Koch
Since 2000	2000–2004: Christiane Brunner 2004–2008: Hans-Jürg Fehr 2008–2020: Christian Levrat 2020–present: Co-Presidents Mattea Meyer, Cédric Wermuth

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