Max Binder Explained

Max Binder
Office:Councillor of State of Valais
Term Start:25 November 1991
Term End:29 November 2015
Office2:President of the National Council of Switzerland
Term Start2:1 November 2003
Term End2:29 November 2004
Predecessor2:Yves Christen
Successor2:Jean-Philippe Maitre
Birth Date:26 November 1947
Birth Place:Illnau-Effretikon, Switzerland
Party:Swiss People's Party
Profession:farmer

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).