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    Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940) is a Swiss economist, unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1993...
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  • American film director Fritz E. Dreifuss (1926–1997), American neurologist Ruth Dreifuss (born 1940), Swiss politician Dryfoos (surname) Dreyfus (disambiguation)...
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    author Ruth Davidson (born 1978), Scottish politician Ruth Dreifuss (born 1940), Swiss politician Ruth Drexel (1930-2009), German actress Ruth Dyson (keyboardist)...
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    councillor was Elisabeth Kopp (FDP/PRD), elected 1984, resigned in 1989. Ruth Dreifuss (SP/PS), served from 1993 to 2002, was the first woman to become President...
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    a member of the UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, led by Ruth Dreifuss and Festus Mogae. In November 2015, Witty's leadership of GSK was criticised...
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    population), a figure that has remained almost constant ever since. In 1999 Ruth Dreifuss became the first Jewish president of the Swiss Federal Council. Jews...
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  • Romania (2018–2019) Luisa Diogo Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010) Ruth Dreifuss President of Switzerland (1999) Park Geun-hye President of South Korea...
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  • Breger, Jennifer (27 February 2009). "Ruth Dreifuss". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2019. "Ruth Dreifuss". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18...
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    October 1996 3 years, 286 days Member of the collective head of state Ruth Dreifuss   Switzerland Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1 April 1993 31 December...
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  • Candidate Party Canton Round 1 Ruth Dreifuss SP Geneva 148 Franz Steinegger FDP Uri 58 Others 29 Ballot papers distributed 244 Ballot papers returned...
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    Kopp, who served from 1984 to 1989, and the first female president was Ruth Dreifuss in 1999. In 1979 areas from the canton of Bern attained independence...
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    was rejected by a party conference. Ten years later in March 1993, Ruth Dreifuss was elected as the first SD woman to serve in the Federal Council. On...
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    history, the first having been her predecessor on the Federal Council, Ruth Dreifuss. She was elected as president on 13 December 2006 by 147 votes. However...
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  • seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Elisabeth Kopp, served from 1984 to 1989. Ruth Dreifuss, the second female member, served from 1993 to 1999, and was the first...
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    for 2010 and 2017. She became the third woman to hold the post, after Ruth Dreifuss (1999) and Micheline Calmy-Rey (2007). As President of the Confederation...
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    Ki-moon to the High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, co-chaired by Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland, and Festus Mogae, former President...
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    Kobelt (from December) Eduard von Steiger (from December) 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politician 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician 27 December –...
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    website of the Swiss Parliament. URL last accessed January 18, 2006. Ruth Dreifuss, President of the Swiss Confederation. Swiss National Day Address, 1...
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    1998 31 December 1998 Christian Democratic People's Party Ticino 151 Ruth Dreifuss (born 1940) 1 January 1999 31 December 1999 Social Democratic Party...
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    Switzerland In office 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2000 Preceded by Ruth Dreifuss Succeeded by Moritz Leuenberger In office 1 January 1993 – 31 December...
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  • Ochsenbein 1854), Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel 1872) and twice in the 21st (Ruth Metzler-Arnold 2003, Christoph Blocher 2007). Councillors once elected have...
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  • seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Elisabeth Kopp, served from 1984 to 1989. Ruth Dreifuss, the second female member, served from 1993 to 1999, and was the first...
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  • activist (d. 2011) 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993) 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation...
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    Marguerite Champendal Corinne Chaponnière Albert Cohen Hernando de Soto Ruth Dreifuss Jacques Dubochet Georges Favon Ian Fleming Paul Flowers Diane von Fürstenberg...
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  • Confederation (1997) Flavio Cotti, President of the Confederation (1998) Ruth Dreifuss, President of the Confederation (1999) Adolf Ogi, President of the Confederation...
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  • Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (until March), then Pascal Couchepin Kaspar Villiger Ruth Dreifuss Adolf Ogi Moritz Leuenberger 5–12 December – The 1998 European Curling...
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    Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993), writer and investigative journalist Ruth Dreifuss (born 1940), politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council 1993–2002...
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    until December) Kaspar Villiger Ruth Metzler-Arnold Joseph Deiss Pascal Couchepin Moritz Leuenberger Ruth Dreifuss Samuel Schmid (from December) 4 February...
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  • ICC and President of the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda. Ruth Dreifuss (Switzerland). Former President and Minister of Home Affairs of the...
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    Diouf, President of Senegal Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa Ruth Dreifuss, President of the Swiss Confederation Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President...
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