| | Free Democratic Party of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | This is because the name dates back to the conflicts during the period of Restauration between the Catholic conservative cantons and the Protestant liberal cantons that led to the foundation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. |
 | | As of March 2005, the party president is Fulvio Pelli. |
 | | The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. |
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