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Swiss politician (born 1978)
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) is a Swiss politician of the Liberals (FDP) and a member of the National Council the lower house of the Swiss Parliament. She is the current President of the National Council.

Early life and education

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

Political career

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

Member of the National Council

She run both in 2011 and 2015 as a candidate for the National Council, but was not elected. In November 2018, Riniker was nominated a candidate for the National Council for Aargau by the Suhr branch of the FDP. In the National council she took a seat in the Security Commission. In September 2022, she was nominated as the second vicepresidency of the National Council by the FDP, to which the party was entitled. In November 2022, she was elected, which would mean Riniker would assume the presidency of the National Council in 2025, if Riniker would be reelected in 2023.

Political positions

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

Personal life

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

References

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  2. ^ Zimmermann, Urs. "FDP.Die Liberalen Suhr - FDP Suhr nominierte Maja Riniker als Nationalrats-Kandidatin". Nidwaldner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  3. ^ digitale, WNG agence. "Maja Riniker - FDP.Die Liberalen - Maja Riniker". Maja Riniker - FDP.Die Liberalen (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ^ Helbling, Urs. "Wahlen - "Wuschel" hat einen Lauf und will zurück ins Parlamentsgebäude". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ "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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