Education
He studied at the primary school in Pfeffikon.
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He studied at the primary school in Pfeffikon.
In 1972 Villiger was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton in Lucerne. In 1987 Villiger was elected to the Senate, where he was settled down in the public accounts committee and the Transportation Commission.
Villiger was a vice president of the Central-Swiss chamber of commerce,as well as vice president of the Aargau Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
On February 1, 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council. He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party (Liberals).The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.