Éric Stauffer

Éric Stauffer (born 24 October 1964) is a Swiss politician from Homberg.

Member of the Swiss Liberal Party in the 1980s he was first elected as City Councilor of the city of Onex (Geneve) during the legislature 1987-1991.

Stauffer claimed to have collaborated in the 1990s with the Federal Military Department, in particular the Spiez Laboratory, which specializes in the study of atomic, biological and chemical threats and risks related to weapons of mass destruction.

Contacted by the newspaper Tribune de Genève as part of an investigation, the laboratory and the Federal Office of Police refuse to comment on this statement, neither confirming nor contradicting the statements of Stauffer, in this case.

The newspaper Le Temps also contacted the Swiss Confederation, quoting from the article and editorialising "[W]e must insist that he [Stauffer] provide information on his activities in the years 1992 to 1994" after Stauffer claimed "I collaborated with the Federal Military Department, I was active in everything related to weapons of mass destruction".

Around 2000, Stauffer was active on the island of Mauritius, advising his friend, Xavier-Luc Duval, Minister of Industry and Commerce.

He leaves the island after being accused of serious charges by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam.

When Stauffer left, he denounced Ramgoolam.

In October 2003, he participated in the creation of the airline Helvetic Wings and became the chief financial officer, in disagreement with the shareholders of the company on the strategy of development he resigned in April 2004 after only 6 months of activity.

Subsequently he joined the Democratic Union of the Center in the spring of 2005.

A few weeks later, he founded, with Georges Letellier, on 6 June 2005, the Blochérien Genevois Movement (MBG), which quickly changed its name by adopting the Mouvement des citoyens genevois (MCG), which becomes well-known due to broadcasts of the RTS (Radio Television Switzerland) Infrared.

Stauffer was invited to run against Joseph Deiss as Federal Councillor.

In October 2005, the CWM reached a quorum of 7% and won 9 deputies.

Stauffer was elected Deputy to the Grand Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva under the label of the Mouvement Citizens Genevois.

Stauffer presented his candidacy for the election of the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva in October 2005.

In March 2006, Helvetic Wings went bankrupt.

Councillor of the municipality of Onex, during the municipal elections of 29 April 2007, and for the first time in the political history of Geneva, Stauffer's candidacy for the Administrative Council in Onex, causes a second round where he is finally defeated by the Christian Democrat candidate Philippe Rochat.

He chaired the Genevan Citizens Movement from 2008 to 2012.

Stauffer was born to a Genevan father and an Italian mother, and grew up in Homberg, Bern.

His first marriage was when he was 21.

He married his current wife 17 years later.

He has two children.

He holds Italian, Mauritian, and Swiss citizenship.

Stauffer was elected on 20 February 2008, by the General Assembly of the CWM as President.

In 2010, Stauffer founded with Carlos Medeiros a company active in the field of mobile telephony.

Affiliated with the operator Sunrise, the company offered discounted offers to its customers.

On 17 April 2011, he was elected to the Onex Administrative Council by ousting Rochat.

Roger Golay replaced him on 28 April 2012.

He was mayor of the commune for the years 2013-14.

On 19 April 2015, during the first round of the municipal elections, he was only in fourth position in the election of the Administrative Council, behind the PLR candidate François Mumenthaler.

In the second round, an unprecedented alliance between the PLR-Radical Liberal Party and the Socialist Party with the Greens and the PDC, which make a joint list against Stauffer who runs alone, achieves almost 38% of the vote.

On 10 May, Stauffer lost his seat.

Political activities - Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva

In 2016, he sought the presidency of the movement against Ana Roch but lost and announced his withdrawal from politics.

In 2017, Stauffer launches the "Geneva on the move" (GEM) movement with a view to the cantonal elections of 2018, Following his non-reelection to the Geneva Grand Council, Stauffer announced the dissolution of his "Geneva on the Move" movement and its withdrawal from political life.

In January 2018, Sunrise acquired the company's business and the Medinex brand.

At the end of 2018, Stauffer created a new telephone services company based in Valais.

Partisan Path

In 2018, he moved to Valais.

Political activities - commune of Onex