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==Political career==
==Political career==
===Rise in power===
===Rise in power===
Blocher has state that "he fell into politics by chance following a local zoning dispute."<ref name="Firebrand"/> He became the chairman of the Zürich canton chapter of the SVP, and in 1979 he was elected to the Swiss National Council, the lower legislative chamber.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3206778.stm Profile: Christoph Blocher]. ''BBC News''. October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref>
Blocher has state that "he fell into politics by chance following a local zoning dispute."<ref name="Firebrand"/> He became the chairman of the Zürich canton chapter of the SVP, and in 1979 he was elected to the Swiss National Council, the lower legislative chamber.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3206778.stm Profile: Christoph Blocher]. ''BBC News''. October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref> Blocher joined the SVP in 1972 and became the SVP president of the SVP chapter in Meilen in 1974.<ref name="P.139"/> He was elected to the Cantonal Council of Zürich in 1975.<ref name="P.139">Skenderovic 2009, p. 139.</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>
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>