​Members of the National Council

Members of the Council of States

Specific responsibilities

  • Science
  • Education (promotion and research, training and continuing education)
  • Research, technology and innovation (research and innovation promotion, technology impact analysis, research ethics, agricultural research)
  • Digitalisation
  • Languages and cultural communities (promotion of multilingualism, understanding and exchange, language freedom, ethnic minorities)
  • Culture and cultural institutions (incl. cultural institutions, cultural heritage, protection of cultural property and cultural property transfer
  • Sport
  • Generation and society
  • Childhood and youth
  • Equal opportunities issues
  • Animal welfare, dignity and ethics (not incl. subsidies and hunting)
  • Federal statistics
  • Gambling
  • Intellectual property (patent law, trademark protection, copyright etc.)
  • Foodstuffs (health protection) and poisons

Committee Secretariat

FunctionNameTelephone / E-MAIL
EnquiriesHelene SporiT +41 58 322 99 22
wbk.csec@parl.admin.ch
Committee SecretaryMarcello FontanaT +41 58 322 97 35
Deputy Committee SecretaryPierre-Alain JaquetT +41 58 322 97 41