Christiane Brunner is a Swiss female politician

Politician

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 and a licensed lawyer

Lawyer

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.

Career

Brunner has occupied the following positions:

• Deputy of the Great Council
  Grand Conseil
  The term Grand Conseil or Great Council refers two different institutions during the Ancien Régime in France. It also is the name of parliaments in several Swiss cantons.-Part of the King's Council:...
  
   of the Canton of Geneva
  Canton of Geneva
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  , 1981–1990
• Member of the National Council, 1991–1995
• Member of the Council of States
  Swiss Council of States
  The Council of States of Switzerland is the smaller chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and is considered the Assembly's upper house. There are 46 Councillors....
  
  , 1995–Present
• President of the Swiss Socialist Party, 2000–2004

1993 Election

Brunner was the official candidate of the Socialist Party when René Felber

René Felber

René Felber is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .Born 1933 in Bienne, Felber was a teacher in Boudevilliers and Le Locle . He was mayor of Le Locle from 1964 to 1980 , member of the Cantonal Parliament of Neuchâtel...

 retired from the Federal Council

Swiss Federal Council

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 in 1993. On March 3, 1993, the Federal Assembly elected Francis Matthey

Francis Matthey

Francis Matthey is Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland , best known for declining the election to the Swiss Federal Council on 3 March 1993. Matthey was elected instead of the official candidate of his party, Christiane Brunner...

, however he forfeited this position due to the opposition of his own party. On March 10, 1993, Ruth Dreifuss

Ruth Dreifuss

Ruth Dreifuss is a Swiss politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party. She was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1993 to 2002, representing the Canton of Geneva)....

 was elected to the Federal Council over Christiane Brunner.

Trade Unions and Social Security

Brunner is very active in affairs dealing with trade unions (she is the president of the FTMH union), and is a member of Parliament who becomes very engaged when topics such as Social Security and labor laws

Labour and employment law

Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...

are discussed.

She is currently the president of the Committee for Social Security and Public Health in the Council of States (CSSS-CE).

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