Martin Pfister is the Federal Council: The political career path
Sometimes second election – and now the Federal Council: this is the political career path of Federal Councilor Martin Pfister
After returning from Freiburg to the canton of Zug, Martin Pfister became a politician in the course of the zero years. A look back at stations and pictures.
Stefan Doppmann asked Martin Pfister for his first election.
When the Baar CVP board was looking for candidates for the cantonal council election in autumn 2002, the name Martin Pfister fell. « Council of States Peter Bieri casually mentioned a member of the board of directors on a train journey: Martin returned to the canton of Zug at the University of Freiburg after his time, » says Stefan Doppmann, then part of the CVP board and now President of the Association of the Catholic parishes of the canton of Zug.
Since he had known him at the time, Doppmann took the phone and asked Pfister if he wanted to run. « He immediately agreed – otherwise that is almost never the case, » says Doppmann. He attributes this to Pfister's political interest and his great willingness to help. «If he was always asked for something, he was right away and never too good for something. He is always concerned with the matter, not about himself, that is still the case, »Stefan Doppmann is convinced. He observed: « Martin also behaved absolutely authentically in his Federal Council candidacy. »
Hope for Beat Villiger
Heini Schmid experienced Martin Pfister in his first election.
In 2002 Heini Schmid and Martin Pfister in Baar went to the CVP for the CVP in the Zug Cantonal Council – and, unlike the Windner, made it into parliament. Schmid remembers how he hoped for Pfister: «Martin would also have made it to the government council if Beat had been elected to the government council. Unfortunately, nothing came of it, because Peter Hegglin moved into the government. »
When counting the votes, Martin Pfister and he were just when clearing election posters. This is characteristic of the Federal Council, says Heini Schmid, who remained on the cantonal council until 2021. He has had the same experiences as Stefan Doppmann: «Martin Pfister is a person who is committed wherever he needs. He is compulsory and responsible and really puts himself in the service of the public instead of putting his person in the foreground. »
Martin Pfister's political career
2002: Candidate for the Zug Cantonal Council, not elected.
2005 to 2012: President CVP Baar; If you choose the only candidate after the departure and change of party by Jost Arnold.
The Baar CVP local party president Martin Pfister with the mayor Jürg Dübendorfer (left) and municipal councilor Paul Langenegger when signing a petition.
Martin Pfister's first photo as a cantonal council.
2006: Moving to the Zug cantonal council in April as a replacement for Ursula Bieri; Re -election autumn 2006 and 2010 and 2014.
Martin Pfister (center) when the cantonal council was constituted after the 2006 elections.
2007: On CVP list for National Council elections, not chosen.
Martin Pfister among the CVP for the National Council elections (from left): Peter Rust, Andreas Huwyler, Britt Feddern Hess, Barbara Häseli and Gerhard Pfister.
2009 to 2012: CVP parliamentary group leader on the Zug Cantonal Council.
Martin Pfister at the cantonal council's speaker.
2012 to 2016: President CVP Kanton Zug; In the case of election only candidate).
Martin Pfister takes over the Presidium of Andreas Huwyler at the General Assembly of the CVP Kanton Zug.
2014: Candidature for the government council in the total renewal elections, excessive.
2016: Election in the government council when choosing a replacement for Peter Hegglin, since then health director.
Martin Pfister is sworn in before the Zug cantonal council as a government council.
2021 and 2022: Landammann of the canton of Zug.
Martin Pfister's term as a Zug Landammann partially falls into the Covid 19 pandemic (here he can be seen in the vaccination center).
Martin and Cacilda Pfister at the Landamamfier in Baar. This is made up for as a result of pandemic.
2025: Election in the Federal Council against Markus Ritter as a replacement for Viola Amherd.
Martin Pfister is the 123rd Federal Council of Switzerland.
