What is Walter Buser?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Walter Buser | image = Walter Buser 1986 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 200px | office =12th [[Federal Chancellor of Switzerland|Chancellor of Switzerland]] | term_start = 1981 | term_end = 1991 | predecessor = [[Karl Huber (politician)|Karl Huber]] | successor = [[François Couchepin]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|04|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lausen]], Switzerland | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|17|1926|4|14|df=y}} | death_place = | party = [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]] (SDP) | alma_mater = [[University of Basel]]<br>[[University of Bern]] }} '''Walter Buser''' (14 April 1926 &ndash; 17 August 2019) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] politician from the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]] (SDP). He was born in [[Lausen]], Switzerland. He defeated his opponents and became the first Social Democratic [[Chancellor of Switzerland]] serving from 1981 until his resignation in 1991. Buser died on 17 August 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.cdt.ch/svizzera/politica/e-morto-l-ex-cancelliere-federale-walter-buser-EM1592152 È morto l'ex cancelliere federale Walter Buser] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821063818/https://www.cdt.ch/svizzera/politica/e-morto-l-ex-cancelliere-federale-walter-buser-EM1592152 |date=2019-08-21 }} {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D8048.php] *[https://www.swiss-archives.ch/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=4175] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085135/https://www.swiss-archives.ch/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=4175 |date=2016-03-05 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buser, Walter}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Federal Chancellors of Switzerland]] [[Category:People from Basel-Landschaft]]