Bruno Zuppiger is a Swiss management consultant

Management consulting

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 and politician. A member of the conservative Swiss People's Party

Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...

, he serves in the Swiss National Council representing the Canton of Zürich

Canton of Zürich

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Born in St. Gallen

St. Gallen

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, Zuppiger graduated from the University of St. Gallen

University of St. Gallen

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 and the Zürich Teachers' Seminary in 1976. After working as a schoolteacher, he served as secretary and then director of the Trade Association of the Canton of Zürich from 1982 to 1995. Since then, he operates an independent consultancy firm and serves on the board of several corporations.

Zuppiger is married to Rösli Zuppiger-Stocker, with whom he has five children, and lives in Hinwil

Hinwil

Hinwil is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.- History :The village Hinwil from which the later municipality took its name is first mentioned in 745 as Hunichinwilari, in a donation made by Beata and Landolt to the Abbey of Saint Gall...

. In 2001, he retired with the grade of colonel

Colonel

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 from militia service in the Swiss Army, where he commanded an aid and rescue regiment (Rttg Rgt 91) since 1997.

He represented the Swiss People's Party in the Hinwil municipal government from 1982 to 1990. From 1988 to 1994 he headed the local party section. He has served on the board of the cantonal party section since 1993. From 1991 to 1999 he represented the People's Party in the cantonal parliament of Zürich. In 1999, he was elected to the National Council. As of 2008, he is chairman of the National Council's Finance Committee and also serves on the Security Policy Committee.