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The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland, in German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SPS), French Parti socialiste suisse (PSS), Italian Partito Socialista Svizzero, Romansh Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra. The party was founded on October 21, 1888) and is one of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the left-most party with representatives in the Swiss Federal Council. The current members in the council are: Micheline Calmy-Rey and Moritz Leuenberger.1 Presidents
- Hans-Jürg Fehr (since 2004)
- Christiane Brunner ( 2000 to 2004)
- Ursula Koch ( 1997 - 2000)
- Peter Bodenmann ( 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo - 1997)
- Helmut Hubacher ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i - 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo)
- Arthur Schmid ( 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January - 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped)
- Fritz Grütter ( 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e - 1970)
- Walter Bringolf ( 1953 - 1962)
- Hans Oprecht ( 1937 - 1953)
- Alexander Reichel ( 1888 - 1889)
2 External links
- www.sp-ps.ch: The Web site, only available in French and German.
See also: List of political parties in Switzerland
Social Democratic parties
Swiss political parties
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