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    Christoph Wolfram Blocher (German pronunciation: [ˈkrɪ⁠stɔ⁠f ˈblɔ⁠⁠xər]; born 11 October 1940) is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a...
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    the daughter of former Swiss Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher. Her younger brother is Markus Blocher. She is the majority shareholder and executive...
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  • influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP then became the strongest party in Switzerland by the 2000s. In line with the changes fostered by Blocher, the party...
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  • Markus Christoph Blocher (born April 16, 1971) is a Swiss businessman and billionaire. He is the only son of former Federal Councilor Christoph Blocher (born...
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    December, the Federal Assembly did not reelect Metzler and elected Christoph Blocher instead, by 121 votes to 116 on the third round of voting. She challenged...
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  • interested in pursuing jihad against Israel. In December 2003, when Christoph Blocher, who was known in the first instance for his inflammatory anti-immigrant...
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  • reported to have given the trade information to Christoph Blocher, vice president of the SVP, and Blocher was one of the lead voices calling for Hildebrand's...
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    elections, when the SVP/UDC was granted a council seat for their leader Christoph Blocher that had formerly belonged to the CVP/PDC's Ruth Metzler. Due to controversies...
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  • exception of Christoph Blocher, the councillor from the Swiss People's Party (SVP). The Federal Assembly elected Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Blocher's place,...
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    caprolactam, plastics and synthetic fibers. Before its acquisition by Christoph Blocher, Ems-Chemie was developing a kind of napalm weapon in the 1950s that...
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    belonged among a well situated circle which included Martin Ebner and Christoph Blocher. His father was also a board member of Ems-Chemie. His younger brother...
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    After the 2003 election, Ruth Metzler of the CVP, was replaced by Christoph Blocher of the Swiss People's Party on the Federal Council, leaving the CVP...
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    billionaire Wyss, who supports liberal politics, and billionaire Christoph Blocher, who supports conservative politics. Both entered into public debates...
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  • "Robinvest AG", whose board of directors consists of Christoph Blocher and his daughter Rahel Blocher. Blocher was providing purely industrial consulting services...
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    pressure by the party's nationalist wing, led by National Councillor Christoph Blocher, for taking a moderate stance on certain issues. After the SVP became...
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    greatest admirers and collectors is former Swiss Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher, since the 1980s Switzerland's most influential conservative politician...
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  • referendum on UN membership was successfully defeated. Its founders were Christoph Blocher of the SVP and Otto Fischer of the FDP. Throughout its history, the...
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  • conservative. In 2003, the new Weltwoche began to openly support Christoph Blocher and his Swiss People's Party. This resulted in a decline in sales...
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  • the Swiss economy. In March 2022, former Swiss federal councilor Christoph Blocher announced the ballot initiative 'Pro Souveräne Schweiz' (PSS), which...
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  • revealed". MSN. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018. Neßhöver, Christoph (5 October 2017). "Das sind Deutschlands reichste Sippen". Manager Magazin...
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    Widmer-Schlumpf, whose election in defiance of the SVP/UDC incumbent Christoph Blocher led to the creation of the party. It comprised most of the SVP/UDC's...
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    Widmer-Schlumpf was named as an alternative candidate to Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher by the Christian Democrat, Social Democrat and Green factions in the...
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    (from December) 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politician 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledder 23 January – Giuseppe...
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    has been described as being very close to former SVP power broker Christoph Blocher. He has supported changes to Switzerland's bilateral treaties with...
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    forced to sell in 1938 turned up in the collection of Swiss politician Christoph Blocher, it set off a debate about Nazi looted art in Switzerland. Hodler's...
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    reelected (Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Ulrich Ochsenbein, Ruth Metzler, Christoph Blocher) The office was previously declined by the first person elected: 11...
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    the two Christian Democrats in the Federal Council was replaced by Christoph Blocher, the most influential politician in the Swiss People's Party. Switzerland...
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  • Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2008. "Blocher ousted by Swiss parliament". Swissinfo. 12 December 2007. Archived from...
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    she was expelled from the SVP/UDC because she had taken the seat of Christoph Blocher, the unofficial leader of the SVP. The SVP's other member of the Council...
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    Werner (1944–2016), a writer, author of the novels Zündels Abgang Christoph Blocher (born 1940), a politician, industrialist and former member of the...
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