from the cantonal authorities. Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election to the Council of States is left to the cantons, the provision...

of presidents of the Swiss Council of States, the upper house of the Federal Assembly. Members of the Swiss Council of States Presidents of the Swiss...

whereas the Council of States represents the cantons - each of them having the same weight, regardless of its population. When the Swiss federation was...

– one of two chambers that compose the National Legislature of South Sudan Council of States (Sudan) Council of States (Switzerland) Council of State...

the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country...

of members of the Swiss Council of States of the 51st legislature (2023–2027). The members were elected in the 2023 Swiss federal election. List of members...

members of the Federal Council, but ahead of the President of the Swiss Council of States. The President of the National Council also chairs the United...

Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland...

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 22 October 2023 to elect all members of the National Council and Council of States. The elections were followed...

This is a list of members of the Swiss Council of States during the 47th legislature (2003–2007). Most members were elected in the 2003 Swiss federal election...

Assembly, also Swiss parliament, is the federal bicameral legislature of Switzerland. The lower house is the 200-seat National Council and the upper house...

1963) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019. A member of FDP.The Liberals, she is the head of the Federal...

Council, one house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, voted to overturn the ban, however the other house, the Swiss Council of States rejected the change...

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول خلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic:...

of members of the Swiss Council of States of the 49th legislature (2011-2015). Most members were elected in the 2011 election. Political parties of Switzerland...

This is a list of members of the Swiss Council of States of the 51st legislature (2019–2023). The members were elected in the 2019 Swiss federal election...

Democratic Party to one seat. Switzerland has a bicameral parliament, the Federal Assembly, which is composed of: the Council of States (46 seats, 2 seats per...

born 9 April 1972) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2012 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party...

The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages...

This is a list of members of the Swiss Council of States of the 48th legislature (2007–2011). Most members were elected in the 2007 Swiss federal election...

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate...

Switzerland is not a member state of the European Union (EU). It is associated with the Union through a series of bilateral treaties in which Switzerland...

December 1963) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the Federal Council. She was elected on...

born 21 August 1975) is a Swiss attorney and politician who currently serves as a member of the Council of States (Switzerland) for The Liberals since 2019...

2023) was a Swiss politician (FDP.The Liberals) and state prosecutor of the canton of Ticino. He was a member of the Swiss Council of States (from 1995...

the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were...

between Switzerland and the United States were established in 1853 by the U.S. and in 1868 by Switzerland. The first diplomatic representation of the U...

represented the Canton of Solothurn in the Council of States. She ran for election as President of the Council of States, but the CVP preferred Anton Cottier...

1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation...

Switzerland has considered formal relations with Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) since 12 June 2011, dispatching an official envoy to Benghazi...