Jürg M. Stauffer

Who is Jürg M. Stauffer?

Jürg M. Stauffer is a Swiss politician from Ittigen in the canton of Berne. From 2000 until November 26, 2004, he was Secretary General of the Young SVP, the youth section of the Swiss People's Party. He quit this office after irregularities surrounding the financing of a party event were made public. Stauffer was a member of the Young SVP board from 1998 to 2005. During this period he recruited many new party members, making the Young SVP the largest political youth organisation in Switzerland. Mr. Stauffer was the director of the referendum campaign against a law for a state-run maternity insurance, which was voted down with 61% "No" votes. Since he quit office he is a permanent member of the party's steering committee and advises the party board on various issues. Since the late 1990s Stauffer has been leading all international affairs of the Young SVP and is currently their international officer. On May 17, 2008, Stauffer was elected vice Secretary General of the JSVP.

Stauffer represents the Young SVP in various international organisations as European Young Conservatives or the International Young Democrat Union; he is currently a vice-chairman of IYDU.