Walter Wobmann (born 21 November 1957) is a Swiss politician for the Swiss People's Party.
Walter Wobmann | |
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| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2003 | |
| Constituency | Solothurn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1957 Entlebuch, Switzerland |
| Political party | Swiss People's Party |
Biography
editWobmann 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
edit- Site internet de Walter Wobmann Archived 2016-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- ^ ASIN Bulletin, Élections fédérales 2015: 43 membres de l'ASIN à Berne, n°178, december 2015, p.3
- ^ Stephanie Nebehay, Swiss voters back ban on minarets in referendum, Reuters.
- ^ a b May Bulman, Swiss politician says hijab should be banned from passports, Independent (September 25, 2016).
- ^ Damien Sharkov, Switzerland Moves Towards Burka Ban With Majority in Parliament, Newsweek (September 28, 2016).