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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"/> 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>
In 1986, Blocher "led and financed" a campaign opposed to joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name="BBC"/> Blocher the successful, as over 75 percent of the Swiss population voted against joining.<ref name="Geschichte"/> 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]] (AUNS), a conservative organization that supports complete Swiss political independence and direct democracy and opposes the erosion of Swiss sovereignty by international organizations.<ref name="Geschichte">{{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> Blocher served as the president of AUNS from its foundation until his election to the Federal Council in 2003.<ref name="Geschichte"><ref>{{cite web | last1=Kuenzi | first1=Renat | title=‘We’re Not the Only EU Sceptics’ | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/conservative-pressure-group_-we-re-not-the-only-eu-sceptics-/38582264 | date=May 15, 2014 | publisher=''[[Swissinfo]]'' | accessdate=April 1, 2016 | quote=Lukas Reimann took over the presidency in April 2014 from 52-year-old Pirmin Schwander, who himself had taken over from Blocher in 2004.}}</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==