- Alain Berset
Alain Berset (born
April 9 ,1972 ) is the youngest member and member of the board of theSwiss Council of States (Vice-president in 2008).He was elected in 2003 for theCanton of Fribourg , as a member of the Social Democratic Party. He is vice-president of the social democratic group in the Swiss parliament since 2006 [lien web
url=http://www.sp-ps.ch/index.php?id=27&L=1
titre=Social democratic group of the federal Assembly
site=sp-ps.ch
consulté le=31 juillet 2008] . He is a member of the parliamentary assembly of the OSCE. He was re-elected in the year 2007. He won re-election against his main opponentJean-Claude Cornu .Born in
Fribourg , he studied political science and economics at theUniversity of Neuchâtel and at the international institute for economics in Hamburg. He received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Neuchâtel in 2005 and a masters in Political Science in 1996. He is the author of several books and some 30 articles on economic development, migration and regional development. [lien web
url=http://www.berset.ch/profil/index.htm
titre=Biography
site=berset.ch
consulté le=31 juillet 2008]External links
*http://www.berset.ch -- Official website (French, German summary)
*Parliament.ch|1161|language=French
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