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Walter Wobmann

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Walter Wobmann
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
1 December 2003
ConstituencySolothurn
Personal details
Born (1957-11-21) 21 November 1957 (age 66)
Entlebuch, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party

Walter Wobmann (born 21 November 1957) is a Swiss politician for the Swiss People's Party.

Biography

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Wobmann has held an MP position at the National Council of Switzerland since 2003. He is a member of the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland.[1]

Wobmann has campaigned against minarets in Switzerland as president of the committee in support of the Swiss minaret ban referendum in 2009.[2] In 2016, Wobmann has introduced legislation to disallow the wearing of the hijabs in passport photos; this proposal was likened to the French ban on face covering.[3][4] This would change current Swiss law, which allows the wearing of religious headscarves in photographs taken for Swiss passports and driver's licenses, so long as the face is identifiable.[3]

Notes and references

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References

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  1. ^ ASIN Bulletin, Élections fédérales 2015: 43 membres de l'ASIN à Berne, n°178, december 2015, p.3
  2. ^ Stephanie Nebehay, Swiss voters back ban on minarets in referendum, Reuters.
  3. ^ a b May Bulman, Swiss politician says hijab should be banned from passports, Independent (September 25, 2016).
  4. ^ Damien Sharkov, Switzerland Moves Towards Burka Ban With Majority in Parliament, Newsweek (September 28, 2016).