Editing Davos (section)

==Politics==

===Government===
The Small Country Council (''Kleiner Landrat'') constitutes the [[Executive (government)|executive government]] of the municipality of Davos and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. It is composed of five councilors ({{langx|de|Landrat/-rätin}}), each presiding over a department (''Departement'') comprising several bureaus. The president of the executive department acts as president of the municipality (''Landammann'' or ''Gemeindepräsident''). In the mandate period 2025–2028 (''Legislatur'') the Small Country Council is presided by ''Landammann'' Philipp Wilhelm. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Grand Country Council are carried by the Small Country Council. The regular election of the municipal councils by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of the municipality of Davos allowed to vote and being registered can be elected as a member of the Small Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years. The delegates are selected by means of a system of ''[[First-past-the-post voting|Majorz]]''. The President is elected as such as well by a public election while the heads of the other departments are assigned by the collegiate. They usually meet once a week.<ref name=KLR>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/kleinerlandrat/10321 |title=Kleiner Landrat |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |language=de |location=Davos, Switzerland |type=official website |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, Davos's Small Country Council is made up of two members of SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]), of whom one is the president), and one each of FDP ([[FDP.The Liberals]]), SVP ([[Swiss People's Party]]), and GLP ([[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party]]). The last regular election (''Landschaftswahlen'') was held on 22 September 2024.<ref name=W2024>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/abstimmungen/termine/5736832 |title=Erneuerungswahlen der Gemeinde Davos und Volksabstimmung |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |date=27 September 2020 |language=de |location=Davos, Switzerland |type=official website |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ The Small Country Council (''Kleiner Landrat'') of Davos<ref name=KLR/>
! Country Councilor<br />(''Landrat/-rätin'') !! Party !! Head of Department (''Vorsteher(in)'', since) of !! Elected since
|-
| '''Philipp Wilhelm'''<ref group=KLR>President (''Landammann'' or ''Gemeindepräsident'')</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || President's Office (''Präsidialdepartement'', 2021) || 2020
|-
| Claudia Bieler || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || Civil Engineering and Public Facilities (''Departement Tiefbau + öffentliche Betriebe'', 2025) || 2024
|-
| Valérie Favre Accola<ref group=KLR>Vice President (''Statthalter'' or ''Gemeindevizepräsident'')</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|Swiss People's Party}}|border=darkgray}} SVP || Structural Engineering and Environmental Protection and Energy (''Departement Hochbau + Umweltschutz + Energie'', 2025) || 2024
|-
| Walter von Ballmoos || {{Color box|{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} GLP || Education and Social Services (''Departement Bildung + Soziales'', 15.11.2023) || 2023
|-
| Jürg Zürcher || {{Color box|{{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}|border=darkgray}} FDP || Health and Security (''Departement Gesundheit + Sicherheit'', 2021) || 2020
|}
{{reflist|group=KLR}}

===Parliament===
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| caption =The ''Grosse Landrat'' of Davos for the mandate period of 2025–2028
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| color2 ={{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}
| label3 =Center
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| color3 ={{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}
| label4 =FDP
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| color4 ={{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}
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| value5 ={{#expr: 5/(17/100) round 1}}
| color5 ={{party color|Swiss People's Party}}
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The Grand Country Council (''Grosser Landrat'') holds [[Legislature|legislative power]]. It is made up of 17 members, with elections held every four years. The Grand Country Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the Small Country Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of ''Majorz''.

The sessions of the Grand Country Council are public. They usually meet ten times a year. Members of the Grand Country Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Davos allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Grand Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gemeindedavos.ch/mitglieder/10320 |title=Grosser Landrat |publisher=Gemeinde Davos |type=official site |location=Davos, Switzerland |language=de |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>

The last regular election of the Grand Country Council was held on 22 September 2024 for the mandate period ({{langx|de|Legislatur}}) from January 2025 to December 2028. Currently the Grand Country Council consist of 5 (-1) [[FDP.The Liberals|Liberals (FDP/PLR)]], 5 (+2) [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]], 4 (+1) members of [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)]], 2 (+1) [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Center Party]], and 1 (-1) members of the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl)]].<ref name=W2024/>

===Federal elections===
====National Council====
In the [[2023 Swiss federal election|2023 federal election]] the most popular party was the  [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 29.1%, (+9.1) of the votes. The next four parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (17.4%, -3.9), [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Central Party]] (16.4%, +10.6), [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (15.6%, +5.5), and the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (12.0%, +5.2). In the federal election, a total of 2'874 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 42.9%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abstimmungen.gr.ch/election/nrw-2023/lists?entity=Davos |publisher=Kanton Graubünden |title=Nationalratswahlen 2023: Davos |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, rm  |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/12/de/17695_17682_17675_242/27456.html |work=Politischer Atlas der Schweiz |publisher=Bundesamt für Statistik, Swiss Confederation |title=Nationalratswahlen chronologisch / Nationalratswahlen 2023 / Ergebnisse 2023 / |location=Neuchatel, Switzerland |language=de, fr  |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=2025-01-17}}</ref>

In the [[2019 Swiss federal election|2019 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] with 21.3% (+7.6) of the votes. The next four parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] (20.0%, -10.0), [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (10.1%, -10.3), [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (6.8%, +1.6), and the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (6.8%, -5.3). In the federal election, a total of 2'885 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 41.8%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abstimmungen.gr.ch/election/nationalratswahlen-2019/lists?entity=Davos |publisher=Kanton Graubünden |title=Nationalratswahlen 2019: Davos |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it, rm  |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 30.0% of the votes. The next five parties were the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (20.4%), the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|BDP]] (15.8%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (14.7%), the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|glp]] (12.1%), and [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP]] (5.2%). In the federal election, a total of 3,231 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 46.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/politik/wahlen/nationalratswahlen/parteistaerken.assetdetail.317521.html |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office FSO |title=Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de, fr |format=XLS |date=9 March 2016 |access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>

===International relations===

====Sister Cities====
Davos has [[sister city]] agreements with:

* {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Aspen, Colorado]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Davos – Switzerland |url=https://aspensistercities.com/davos/ |website=Aspen Sister Cities |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>
* {{Flag icon|France}} [[Chamonix|Chamonix-Mont-Blanc]]
* {{Flag icon|Japan}} [[Ueda, Nagano]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ueda ― Davos (1976) |url=https://grandtourofswitzerland.jp/cms/423/ |website=Grand Tour of Switzerland in Japan |access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>