Career
Bruno Hunziker was a citizen of Oberkulm and Aarau and was raised in Möhlin, Switzerland. After studying law in Basel, he engaged in local law from 1957 to 1968. Bruno Hunziker was head of the canton"s construction department in 1968 and then, from 1969–1976, the health department.
During his tenure in the health department, the Swiss Hospital Institute was founded in Aarau and Bruno Hunziker became its first president
He was twice president of the Aargau canton government (1 April 1970 – 31 March 1971, 1 February 1976 – 31 March 1976). In 1984, Rudolf Friedrich resigned from the Federal Council.
The Free Democratic Party then nominated Elisabeth Kopp and Bruno Hunziker. The Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) may have wished to appease the Green Party which preferred the stringent emissions standards of Zurich, Kopp"s base.
Bruno Hunziker was president of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland from 1984 to 1989.