Jürg M. Stauffer

Jürg M. Stauffer (born September 11, 1977) [http://www.jmstauffer.ch Mr. Stauffer's personal home page] ] is a Swiss politician from Ittigen in the canton of Berne. From 2000 until November 26, 2004, he had been Secretary General of the conservative Young Swiss People's Party ( _de. Junge SVP, JSVP), the youth section of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). [http://web.archive.org/web/20050420220734/http://jsvp.ch/PM/26-11-2004.htm Communiqué] of the Young Swiss People's Party from November 26, 2004 on their separation from Stauffer. URL last accessed 2008-06-30.] [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/schweiz/442787.html "Falsche Quittung bei Junger SVP?"] , an article of the Swiss newspaper "Tages-Anzeiger" from December 2, 2004. URL last accessed 2006-10-17.] He quit this office after irregularities surrounding the financing of a party event were made public. [http://www.nzz.ch/2005/04/12/il/newzzE7FZ353H-12.html "Ex-Generalsekretär der Jungen SVP verurteilt"] ("Ex-Secretary General of the Young SVP convicted"); an article of the Swiss newspaper "NZZ" from April 12, 2005. URL last accessed 2008-06-30.] Stauffer was a member of the Young Swiss People's party board from 1998 to 2005.Fact|date=February 2007 During this period he recruited many new party members, making the Young Swiss People's Party the largest political youth organisation in Switzerland.Fact|date=February 2007 Mr. Stauffer was the director of the referendum campaign against a law for a state-run maternity insurance,Fact|date=February 2007 which was voted down with 61% "No" votes. [http://www.admin.ch/ch/d//pore/va/19990613/det458.html Referendum details] for the referendum on the maternity insurance, published by the Swiss Federal Administration. URL last accessed 2008-07-02.] Since he quit office he is a permanent member of the party's steering committee and advises the party board on various issues.Fact|date=February 2007 Since the late '90s Stauffer has been leading all international affairs of the Young Swiss People's Party and is currently their international officer.Fact|date=July 2008 On May 17, 2008, Stauffer was elected vice Secretary General of the JSVP. [http://www.jsvp.ch/aktuelles/news-single/datum/2008/06/23/zwei-neue-vorstandmitglieder-gewaehlt-und-die-statuten-revidiert.html News release] by the JSVP, dated June 23, 2008. URL last accessed 2008-07-02.]

Stauffer represents the Young Swiss People's Party in various international organisations as European Young Conservatives (EYC)Fact|date=February 2007 or the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU); he is currently a vice-chairman of IYDU. [http://www.iydu.org/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=12&Itemid=27 IYDU Officers] , URL last accessed 2006-10-17.]

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