Jean-François Rime Explained

Jean-François Rime
Honorific-Suffix:lic. ès sc. éc.
Office:Member of the Swiss National Council
Term Start:1 December 2003
Constituency:Canton of Fribourg
Birth Date:28 June 1950
Birth Place:Fribourg
Nationality:Swiss
Party:Swiss People's Party
Children:3
Occupation:Entrepreneur
Rank:Private

Jean-François Rime (born 28 June 1950) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician from the Canton of Fribourg, representing the Swiss People's Party in the National Council.

Rime owns a sawmill in Bulle. As a member of the Free Democratic Party, he belonged to the municipal parliament of Bulle from 1989 to 1991. After joining the Swiss People's Party, he was elected to the national parliament in 2003. Since his reelection in 2007, he is vice president of the party's parliamentary group.

In August 2008, the People's Party announced Rime's candidature in the 2010 Swiss Federal Council election.

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