Eric Nussbaumer

Eric Nussbaumer
Official portrait, 2019
President of the National Council
In office
4 December 2023 – 2 December 2024
Preceded byMartin Candinas
Succeeded byMaja Riniker
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 December 2007
ConstituencyBasel-Landschaft
Personal details
Born (1960-09-11) 11 September 1960
Mulhouse, France
PartySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland
Children3
EducationUniversity 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]

Early life and education

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]

Political positions

Foreign policy

Eric Nussbaumer supports an improvement of the relations with the European Union.[15] He is the president of the European Movement Switzerland which demands from the Federal Council to begin negotiations over Switzerlands participation in the EU projects Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and Digital Europe.[16] He also defends the freedom of expression.[17][18] He was elected the Vice-President of the National Council in 2022, which means he will assume its presidency in 2023.[19]

Energy

As a member of the energy commission in the National Council, he was involved into the drafting of the energy strategy 2050.[20][21] He supports renewable and sustainable energy sources and an independence from nuclear energy.[21]

Football

He was the Captain of the FC Landrat, the football club of the Cantonal Council of Baselland and was also a member of the FC Nationalrat, the football club of the National Council.[22] As a member of the FC Nationalrat, he was delighted when Marcel Dobler of the Liberals was elected into the National Council.[23] On an other side he also sees the FC Nationalrat as supportive of finding alliances in national politics.[23] He opposes the development of higher sums for transfers of football players, which apparently reminds him of a slave market.[23]

Personal life

Eric Nussbaumer is married and has three children.[8] He was born in Mulhouse, France, has his place of origin in Lüterkofen,[1] grew up in Zürich, and since 1988 Nussbaumer resides in Liestal, Baselland.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  3. ^ Death notice of Blanche Nussbaumer-Nussbaumer https://www.todesanzeigenportal.ch/?4QrScT285U40A8p4TwryFL4VRumVyYiuiJOkDb3ZgKqL1d2EWIJQWR26rKqpNucEJIIoVw1VPQiokBFRtEQw90mE6FsJNTG3Txz06t8npKF0W01vW5LxvaBsf0hwMig
  4. ^ https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=SBR19240613-01.2.20.2&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-Nussbaumer+Pfastatt-------0-----
  5. ^ Séguy, Jean (2021-01-07). Les assemblées Anabaptistes-Mennonites de France (in French). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-232800-2.
  6. ^ Gerlach, Horst (2013-06-01). My Kingdom Is Not of This World: 300 Years of the Amish, 1683-1983. Masthof Press & Bookstore. ISBN 978-1-60126-387-2.
  7. ^ a b "Eric Nussbaumer". Eric Nussbaumer (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  8. ^ a b c d "Personalie - Eric Nussbaumer neuer Leiter Kommunikation bei Swisspower". Thurgauer Zeitung (in German). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  9. ^ a b Hofer, Dimitri (14 August 2020). "Sozialdiakonie - Eric Nussbaumers biblischer Kampf gegen Spekulanten". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  10. ^ "Eric Nussbaumer". Kurzbiografien und Porträts. Federal Assembly of Switzerland. p. 122. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  11. ^ "Nussbaumer Eric". baselland.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  12. ^ "Ersatzwahl Baselland - Eric Nussbaumer setzt auf seinen grossen politischen Rucksack". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  13. ^ a b Nittnaus, Michael (20 October 2019). "Wahlen - Eric Nussbaumer nach der Ständerats-Niederlage: "Es fuchst, dass am Ende so wenig fehlte"". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  14. ^ "Kanton Baselland - Maya Graf ist die neue Baselbieter Ständerätin". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  15. ^ Hoskyn, Jonas (14 October 2022). "Neue Basler Initiative fordert bessere Zusammenarbeit mit EU". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  16. ^ Matt, Othmar von (27 August 2022). "Die Europäische Bewegung Schweiz will den Bundesrat zu Verhandlungen mit der EU zwingen". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  17. ^ Scheller, Florian (2022-08-09). "Eric Nussbaumer, warum distanzieren Sie sich nicht von Daniele Ganser?". bajour.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  18. ^ Bühler, Dennis (7 July 2015). "Streit - "Antidemokrat" am Parteitag? Martin Schulz entzweit die SP". Solothurner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  19. ^ "Nationalrat - Eric Nussbaumer wird 2023 höchster Schweizer". bz Basel (in German). 19 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  20. ^ Schmied, Stefan; Fumagalli, Antonio (19 March 2015). "Energiestrategie 2050 - «Werden Sie gescheiter!» – «Es ist schon intelligent!»". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  21. ^ a b Ballmer, Daniel (October 2016). "Nationalrat - Eric Nussbaumer ist mit der Energiestrategie 2050 zufrieden". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  22. ^ Stula, Bojan (6 March 2013). "FC Landrat - Eric Nussbaumer schiesst den FC Landrat ins Elend". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  23. ^ a b c Schmid, Dennis Bühler und Stefan (10 June 2016). "Interview - "Das Schildkröten-Tempo unserer Nati erinnert an den FC Nationalrat"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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