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    The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland...
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    Below is a list of presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present). It presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member...
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    The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of...
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    Schlumpf, President of the Swiss Confederation Barbara Schmid-Federer, member of the National Council of Switzerland Ernst Sieber (1927-2018), Swiss pastor...
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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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    List of presidents of the Swiss Confederation List of members of the Swiss Federal Council Lists of office-holders Chancellor of Switzerland in German...
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    Chevallaz, President of the Swiss Confederation Pascal Couchepin, President of the Swiss Confederation Ernest Chuard, President of the Swiss Confederation Jean-Pascal...
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    Ueli Maurer (category Members of the National Council (Switzerland))
    member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2013 and 2019. Formerly head of the Federal Department of Defence...
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    2010–present, President of the Swiss Confederation 2015 Ludwig von Moos, President of the Swiss Confederation 1964, 1969 Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel...
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    Ignazio Cassis (category Swiss people of Italian descent)
    was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2022. Cassis was born to Italian parents in Sessa, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. He studied...
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    Viola Amherd (category Members of the National Council (Switzerland))
    1962) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 since...
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  • Elections for President of the Swiss Confederation and Vice President of the Federal Council, as well as for Chancellor of Switzerland, also took place;...
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    Simonetta Sommaruga (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
    was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020. A former director of the Consumer Protection Foundation, which merged into the Swiss Alliance...
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  • as the chair of the Federal Reserve in the United States, the prime minister in parliamentary systems, the president of the Swiss Confederation, the chief...
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    Alain Berset (category Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland))
    (SP/PS), he headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs from when he took office. Berset served as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2018 and 2023...
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    Switzerland, it is above all a matter of designating the independence of the cantons vis-à-vis the Confederation. The Swiss Federal Council is a seven-member...
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    Hans-Rudolf Merz (category Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland))
    a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) until the foundation...
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    Didier Burkhalter (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
    Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, he was President of the Swiss Confederation...
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    Jonas Furrer (category Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland))
    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 from...
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  • Austria (head of state) The President of Germany (head of state) The President of the Swiss Confederation: the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council...
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  • declaration of independence on 3 June 2006 and Serbia's formal declaration of independence on 5 June. Switzerland, officially known as the Swiss Confederation, is...
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    Doris Leuthard (category Members of the National Council (Switzerland))
    (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017. Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs until 2010...
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    Johann Schneider-Ammann (category Members of the National Council (Switzerland))
    he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2016. During his tenure as a Federal Councillor, Schneider-Ammann headed the Federal Department of Economic...
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    Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (category Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland))
    March 1956) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party...
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    Jeanne Hersch. The institution is associated with ten Nobel laureates and two Presidents of the Swiss Confederation. The University of Basel was founded...
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    Pascal Couchepin (category Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland))
    Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008. Couchepin headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs from 1998...
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    Micheline Calmy-Rey (category Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland))
    the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in...
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  • is a list of presidents of the Diet ("Tagsatzung") of the Swiss Confederation (before 1848). For the period since the creation of Switzerland as a federal...
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    Emil Frey (category Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland))
    a Swiss politician, Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1890–1897). He served as President of the Swiss...
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  • the year 2024 in Switzerland. President of the Swiss Confederation: Viola Amherd President of the National Council: Eric Nussbaumer President of the Swiss...
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