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Blocher served as a member of the Swiss National Council, the lower house, from November 25, 1979 until December 12, 2003, when he was elected to the Federal Council, and again from December 4, 2011 until May 30, 2014.<ref name="Parliament">[https://www.parlament.ch/en/biografie?CouncillorId=21 Christoph Blocher]. ''parlament.ch''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref><ref>McLean, Morven (May 9, 2014). [https://www.thelocal.ch/20140509/svp-strongman-blocher-quits-bureaucratic-parliament Christoph Blocher quits ‘bureaucratic’ parliament]. ''The Local''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref>

Blocher served as a member of the Swiss National Council, the lower house, from November 25, 1979 until December 12, 2003, when he was elected to the Federal Council, and again from December 4, 2011 until May 30, 2014.<ref name="Parliament">[https://www.parlament.ch/en/biografie?CouncillorId=21 Christoph Blocher]. ''parlament.ch''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref><ref>McLean, Morven (May 9, 2014). [https://www.thelocal.ch/20140509/svp-strongman-blocher-quits-bureaucratic-parliament Christoph Blocher quits ‘bureaucratic’ parliament]. ''The Local''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref>

In 1986, Blocher "led and financed" a campaign opposed to joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name="BBC"/>

In 1986, Blocher "led and financed" a campaign opposed to joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name="BBC"/> After the referendum, on June 19, 1986, he and fellow National Councilor Otto Fischer, a member of the FDP, founded the [[Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland]], a conservative organization that supports complete Swiss political independence and direct democracy and opposes the erosion of Swiss sovereignty by international organizations.<ref>{{cite web | title=Geschichte | url=http://auns.ch/ueber-uns/geschichte/ | publisher=''Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland official website'' | accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==