Rolf Büttiker

Rolf Büttiker (* June 27, 1950 in Wolfwil ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP).

Büttiker has, based in Olten, " Economic Development Büttiker " and is included President of the Swiss meat trade associations (SFF ), the Swiss squad organizations ( SKO ), the Swiss Shippers ' Council (SSC ), the Association of Compost Plants Switzerland ( ASCP ) and the public law AHV compensation fund 34 " butcher ". One of its objectives is to maintain the Swiss Cervelat.

Büttiker is a member of numerous boards of directors, association boards and boards of trustees, including from 10 January 2003 Member of the Board of Directors of the nuclear power plant Leibstadt AG.

Rolf Büttiker is single and lives in Wolfwil.

Policy

Rolf Büttiker was 1977-2001 council and 1985-2001 mayor of his home town Wolfwil. In addition Büttiker was 1990-1999 President of the FDP canton of Solothurn.

Büttiker 1987 was elected to the National Council. After one term he was a member of the Council of States in 1991, where he remained until 2011. The high point of his political career he experienced in 2005, when he was elected with 43 ​​of 44 votes on the new Senate President in 2006. On this occasion he made ​​an honorary citizen of Wolfwil was awarded. Most recently, he was in the Senate, the Commissioner for Transport and Telecommunications, the Political Commission, the Commission for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, as well as in the NEAT supervision delegation V.