Share this:. Related posts. A guide to what's happening in the Lake Geneva region and beyond. Advertise with us Advertise with us Contact us for a personalised offer. Sign up to our weekly email highlights. Follow us Email Facebook Twitter. Stay up to date Sign up to our weekly newsletter. Loading Comments He was elected on 9 December The last time it had that honour was in when Johann Schneider-Ammann was president.
From the shores of Lake Geneva to the forests of Ticino, from the city of Zurich to my little village of Bursins, whether in tractors or regional trains, moccasins or trainers, in four languages, not to mention all the others, with or without a Swiss passport, a thousand differences cement us together when they could divide us.
This is not due to providence: it is because we show an interest in our neighbours and a willingness to enter into dialogue with them. Cohesion is Switzerland's real strength, added to our wonderful ability to overcome differences to achieve a common goal: working together for the future and progress of the country, for the good of each and every one of us. Parmelin has served as head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research since , previously heading the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports between and In , he assumed the position of President of Switzerland.
Sommaruga has served as head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications since and previously was head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police. Subsequently, she returned to the position in Maurer served as Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation in and and as President of the Swiss Confederation for the year Alain Berset was born in Fribourg on 9 April He is married and the father of three children.
In he set up his own business as an independent strategy and communications advisor working primarily for associations, businesses and NGOs. From until his election to the Federal Council he was vice president of the Social Democratic group. Before his election to the Council of States he was president of the Social Democratic group in the Constitutional Council of canton Fribourg.
Between and he was a member of the local parliament of his commune of residence. She was elected President of the Confederation for , and on 7 December for She represented Aargau.
She received out of valid votes, and became the th member and fifth woman of the Federal Council. Her election represented a departure from a long precedent of replacing a member of the Federal Council with someone from the same language group.
While Deiss was a French speaker, Leuthard is a German speaker. For the calendar year , Leuthard was elected Vice President of the Swiss Confederation, virtually assuring her election as president for the calendar year Due to a large amount of turnover on the Council in recent years, she was the longest-serving councilor not to have served as president.
As President of the Confederation, Leuthard presided over meetings of the Federal Council and carried out representative functions that would normally be handled by a head of state in other democracies though in Switzerland, the Federal Council as a whole is regarded as the head of state.
She was also the highest-ranking official in the Swiss order of precedence, and had the power to act on behalf of the whole Council in emergency situations. However, in most cases, Leuthard was merely primus inter pares, with no power above and beyond her six colleagues.
She was succeeded by Calmy-Rey in , the first time two women had held the office in succession. Following a reshuffle of portfolios after the by-election of two new councilors in , Leuthard replaced outgoing Moritz Leuenberger at the head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications.
He chaired the corporate union Swissmem from He was elected to the National Council in and re-elected in and In the context of the financial crisis, he took a critical stances on bonuses awarded to the finance industry.
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