Parliamentary Group for Tibet

Since the STFA played a key role in the establishment of the Tibet Parliamentary Group in 1989, it has worked closely with it.

The 2023 group is currently made up of 30 national and state councilors from all political camps and parliamentarians from German and French-speaking Switzerland are represented. In 2023, the co-presidency consists of four people: Fabian Molina (SP), Nik Gugger (EPP), Andrea Geissbühler (SVP) and Nicolas Walder (GP). Maya Graf (GP) is Vice President.

Its aim is to publicize the Tibetan issue nationally, to encourage initiatives and to inform the Federal Council about the situation in Tibet.

The members meet two to three times a year. They repeatedly appear as speakers at Tibetan rallies and in this way help to raise public awareness of the topic.

The Tibetan Parliamentary Group currently consists of the following members:

Party / cantonFirst NameLast Name
GPS / BEChristineBadertscherNational Councilor
SP / ZHAngeloBarrieNationalrat
SP / LUPriscaBirrer HeimoNational Councilor
SP/TIMarinacarobbioCouncilor
SP / GELaurenceMiss RielleNational Councilor
FDP / ZHDorisfialaNational Councilor
GLP / AGBeatFlachNationalrat
SP / SGClaudiafriedlNational Councilor
SVP / BEAndrea MartinaGeissbuehlerNational Councilor
GPS / ZHBalthasarGlättliNationalrat
GPS / BLMayaGrafCouncilor
EVP / ZHNikguggernational council
SP / SGBarbaraGysiNational Councilor
GPS / BENatalieIn the groundNational Councilor
SP/AGIreneKälinNational Councilor
middle / GLMartinLandedNationalrat
GPS / GELisaMazzoneCouncilor
SP / ZHFabianMolinaNationalrat
middle / SUNStefanMüller-AltermattNationalrat
SP/SHMartinaMunzNational Councilor
GPS / GEBuckskinPasquier-EichenbergerNational Councilor
GPS / ZHCatherinePrelicz-HuberNational Councilor
SP / GRJonPultNationalrat
Middle / ValaisBenjaminRoduitNationalrat
GPS / ZHMeretSchneiderNational Councilor
SP / GECarlosummerugaSenate
SVP / ZHBarbarastonemanNational Councilor
GPS / GENicolasWalderNationalrat
SP/AGCédricWermuthNationalrat
GPS / GLMathiasbraidSenate

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The GSTF does the work in the background in all these areas - be it organizing such events, writing applications, asking questions to the Federal Council and especially in supporting and maintaining contact with politicians.

The following questions, reports and submitted interpellations illustrate the work of the Tibetan Parliamentary Group in cooperation with the STFA:

2008-2015: 21 questions / 5 interpellations / 0 postulates / 0 motion / 0 petition Total advances: 26 in 8 years
2016-2023: 35 questions / 15 interpellations / 3 postulates / 4 motion / 3 petitions Total advances: 60 in 8 years
2008-2023: 56 questions / 20 interpellations / 3 postulates / 4 motion / 3 petitions Total advances: 86 in 15 years