Christian Lüscher is a Swiss attorney and politician of FDP.The Liberals

FDP.The Liberals

FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....

, representing the Canton of Geneva

Canton of Geneva

The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,...

 in the National Council

National Council of Switzerland

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. He stood for election

Swiss Federal Council election, 2009

A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held in Switzerland on 16 September 2009, after incumbent Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin announced his intention to retire on 31 October 2009....

 to the Swiss Federal Council

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 on 16 September 2009.

Born in Geneva, Lüscher served in the municipal parliament of Troinex

Troinex

Troinex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.-Geography:Troinex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 7.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.3% is settled .Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 19.0%...

 as a member of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Switzerland

The Liberal Party of Switzerland was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party to establish FDP.The Liberals....

 from 1999 to 2003. From 2001 to 2007, he was a member of the cantonal parliament of Geneva. In 2007, he was elected to the National Council, where he serves on the Legal Committee, the Redaction Committee and the Judicial Committee.
Lüscher practises law in Geneva with Charles Poncet and others as a partner in the ZPG law firm. He was co-chairman of the Servette FC

Servette FC

Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...

football club from 2002 until its bankruptcy in 2005.

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