- Toni Brunner
Toni Brunner (born 23 August 1974) is a Swiss
farmer , national chairman of theSwiss People's Party and a member of theSwiss National Council .Born in
Wattwil (St. Gallen), he was first elected to the federal parliament in 1995 at the age of 21, as the youngest member ever. In addition to working on his farm, he operates aninternet radio station aimed at farmers, and chairs the St. Gallen section of his party.On 1 March 2008, he succeeded
Ueli Maurer as chairman of the national party. Brunner is close to the party's figurehead,Christoph Blocher , who serves as one of several vice chairmen. [cite news|title=People's Party elects new leader|date=March 1 2008|publisher=Swissinfo |url=http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/search/Result.html?siteSect=882&ty=nd&sid=8800513]References
External links
* [http://www.tonibrunner.ch Personal homepage]
* [http://www.parlament.ch/E/Suche/Pages/biografie.aspx?biografie_id=307 Biographical entry on the Federal Parliament website]
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