Maja Riniker

Maja Riniker
President of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 December 2024
Preceded byEric Nussbaumer
First Vice President of the National Council
In office
4 December 2023 – 2 December 2024
Preceded byEric Nussbaumer
Succeeded byPierre-André Page
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Member of the Grand Council of Aargau
In office
2013–2019
Personal details
Born (1978-05-23) 23 May 1978 (age 46)
Aarau, Switzerland
Political partyFDP

Maja Riniker (born 23 May 1978)[1] is a Swiss politician of the Liberals (FDP) and a member of the National Council[2] the lower house of the Swiss Parliament. She is the current President of the National Council.

Early life and education

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She was born in Aarau in and grew up in Lenzburg where she attended primary and high school.[3] Her father was Ruedi Baumann, an architect, municipal politician and commander of a panzer-battalion.[4] She then trained as a merchant at the Swiss Bank Corporation in Aarau accompanied by a graduation with a Matura.[3] Following she worked for banks in Zürich before in 2003 she returned to Aarau.[3] In Aarau she worked in the administration of her husbands medical clinic.[4] In 2020, she resigned from the office.[3]

Political career

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Maja Riniker held her first speech in the National Council, in 1995, then as a member of the Scouts.[4] Riniker was elected into the school commission of Suhr with twenty-seven years of age.[4] After eight years she resigned, when her first child entered school.[4] Since about 2009 she was a co-president of the cantonal women's branch of the FDP for 10 years.[4] 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.[4] In the grand Council, she was the president of the Public Security Commission for three years.[4] In 2017, Riniker was considered a candidate to the municipality of Suhr, but she declined.[4]

Member of the National Council

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She run both in 2011 and 2015 as a candidate for the National Council, but was not elected.[4] 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.[5] In November 2022, she was elected,[6] which would mean Riniker would assume the presidency of the National Council in 2025, if Riniker would be reelected in 2023.[5]

Political positions

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She supports a stronger military and also the purchase of a new fighter jet.[4] In December 2021 she supported the establishment of a Cybercommando in the Swiss army.[7] 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.[8] In September 2020, she was elected the president of the Federation of the Swiss Civilian Service (SZSV).[9]

Personal life

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She is married with a medic and journalist Florian Riniker and has three children.[4] She has three places of origin in Aargau, Villigen, Habsburg and Lenzburg.[4] 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.[4] Also the candidacy for the presidency of the municipality of Suhr she declined for the same reason.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ a b Zimmermann, Urs. "FDP.Die Liberalen Suhr - FDP Suhr nominierte Maja Riniker als Nationalrats-Kandidatin". Nidwaldner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. ^ a b c d digitale, WNG agence. "Maja Riniker - FDP.Die Liberalen - Maja Riniker". Maja Riniker - FDP.Die Liberalen (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Helbling, Urs. "Wahlen - "Wuschel" hat einen Lauf und will zurück ins Parlamentsgebäude". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ a b "Nationalrat-Präsidium: FDP nominiert Maja Riniker". Limmattaler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. ^ Wattenhofer, Reto. "Martin Candinas zum höchsten Schweizer gewählt". Grenchner Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. ^ Bissegger, André. "Nationalrat gibt grünes Licht für Cyberkommando". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. ^ Cavalli, Rolf. "Armeeinsatz fürs Impfen: Maja Riniker stellt kritische Fragen". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ "Maja Riniker ist neue SZSV-Präsidentin". www.szsv-fspc.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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