Eric Nussbaumer was born in Mulhouse in Alsace, France and grew up in Canton Zürich.[2] He studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences of Zurich (ZHAW)[3] following which he worked for two energy companies for some years.[2] In 1988 Nussbaumer became the director of the energy cooperative ADEV in Liestal, a post he held until 2009.[3]
Since 2010 he assumed as the president of the board of the ADEV.[3] In 2015 he also assumed as the director of communication for the Swisspower AG, a cooperative of Swiss energy works.[3] He is the President of the Board of Convivere, a real estate firm that bases its investments on christian values.[4] He founded Convivere together with a fellow politician of the SP in 2020.[4]
He was a member of the municipal council and the Cantonal Council of Basel-Land from 1998 before he was elected into the National Council in 2007.[5] He presided over the Cantonal Council of Basel-Land in the legislative year 2005–2006.[6] He was a candidate to the Executive Council of Canton Baselland in 2007 and also in 2013.[7] He achieved the best electoral result for the National Council in 2011 and 2019.[8] In 2019 he was also a candidate for the Council of States where he came in third in the first round[8] and then did not pursue an election in a second round.[9]
Eric Nussbaumer supports an improvement of the relations with the European Union.[10] He is the president of the European Movement Switzerland which demands from the Federal Council to begin negotiations over Switzerlands participation in the EU projects Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and Digital Europe.[11] He also defends the freedom of expression.[12][13] He was elected the Vice-President of the National Council in 2022, which means he will assume its presidency in 2023.[14]
As a member of the energy commission in the National Council, he was involved into the drafting of the energy strategy 2050.[15][16] He supports renewable and sustainable energy sources and an independence from nuclear energy.[16]
He was the Captain of the FC Landrat, the football club of the Cantonal Council of Baselland and was also a member of the FC Nationalrat, the football club of the National Council.[17] As a member of the FC Nationalrat, he was delighted when Marcel Dobler of the Liberals was elected into the National Council.[18] On an other side he also sees the FC Nationalrat as supportive of finding alliances in national politics.[18] He opposes the development of higher sums for transfers of football players, which apparently reminds him of a slave market.[18]
Eric Nussbaumer is married and has three children.[3] He was born in Mulhouse, France, has his place of origin in Lüterkofen,[1] grew up in Zürich, and since 1988 Nussbaumer resides in Liestal, Baselland.[2]
