Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
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| President | Gerhard Pfister |
| Vice Presidents |
Yannick Buttet, Ida Glanzmann |
| General Secretary | Béatrice Wertli |
| Members in Federal Council | Doris Leuthard |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Headquarters | Klaraweg 6 CH-3001 Bern |
| Youth wing | Young CVP |
| Membership (2015) | 100,000 |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (Associate) |
| International affiliation | none |
| Colours | Orange |
| Federal Council |
1 / 7
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| National Council |
27 / 200
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| Council of States |
13 / 46
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| Cantonal executives |
40 / 154
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| Cantonal legislatures |
435 / 2,609
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (German: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP; French: Parti Démocrate-Chrétien, PDC; Italian: Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD; Romansh: 
Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra , PCD) is a Christian democraticpolitical party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 28 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 13 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss Federal Council.
The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. The party peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–58) before agreeing to the Magic formula. It adopted its current name in 1970. From 1979 to 2003, the party's vote declined, mostly in the favour of the Swiss People's Party, and the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 election.
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