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Max Binder

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Max Binder
Councillor of State of Valais
In office
25 November 1991 – 29 November 2015
President of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
1 November 2003 – 29 November 2004
Preceded byYves Christen
Succeeded byJean-Philippe Maitre
Personal details
Born (1947-11-26) 26 November 1947 (age 76)
Illnau-Effretikon, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
Professionfarmer

Max Binder (born 26 November 1947) is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the National Council from the Canton of Zurich from 1991 to 2015 and served as the President (speaker) of the National Council from 2003 to 2004. A farmer by profession, he was member of the parliament of the canton of Zurich from 1985 to 1990. Since 1990, he is a municipal councilor in Illnau-Effretikon in charge of the Health Department.

He was elected to the National Council in 1991 as a candidate of the Swiss People's Party and re-elected 11 times. He paid visits to India as deputy Speaker (1993) and Bulgaria and Canada as Speaker (2004).

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Preceded by President of the Swiss National Council
2003/2004
Succeeded by