Ivo Bischofberger

Ivo Bischofberger
Member of the Council of States
In office 4 June 2007 – 2 June 2019
Preceded by	Carlo Schmid-Sutter
Succeeded by	Daniel Fässler
President of the Council of States
In office 28 November 2016 – 26 November 2017
Preceded by	Raphaël Comte
Succeeded by	Karin Keller-Sutter
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-24) 24 February 1958 (age 66) Heiden, Switzerland
Political party	Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

Ivo Bischofberger is a Swiss politician and jurist. He was a member of the

Biography

Bischofberger was born on February 24, 1958, in

In 1986, he was elected as a district court judge in Oberegg where he served until 1992. From 1988 to 1992, he was the president of the district court. In 1992, he was elected to serve on the cantonal court. He became the president of the court in 1993 and served in that role until 2008.[2] He was also the chair of the cantonal Christian Democratic Party from 1992 to 1997.^[3]

In 2007, with Carlo Schmid-Sutter stepping down as Appenzell Innerrhoden’s sole representative to the Council of States, Bischofberger was elected as his successor. He was elected as the Vice President of the Council in 2015 and President in 2016.^[4] He was only the third person from Appenzell Innerrhoden to be elected as president of the Council of States.^[5]

After his one-year term expired, Bischofberger continued to serve in the Council on the committees for science, education and culture, social security and public health, and environment, regional planning and energy.^[3] In January 2019, he announced that he would not seek another term and would retire.^[2]

Bischofberger lives in Oberegg with his wife Margrith.

References

External links

• Official page at Swiss Federal Parliament