The Council of States is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, and the lower house being the National Council. It comprises 46 members...
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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...
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– one of two chambers that compose the National Legislature of South Sudan Council of States (Sudan) Council of States (Switzerland) Council of State...
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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...
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whereas the Council of States represents the cantons - each of them having the same weight, regardless of its population. When the Swiss federation was...
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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...
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Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland...
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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...
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the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country...
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Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic:...
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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...
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Karin Keller-Sutter (category Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland))
Swiss politician who is the current president of the Swiss Confederation and serves as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019. A member of FDP...
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federal bicameral parliament of Switzerland. It comprises the 200-seat National Council and the 46-seat Council of States. It meets in Bern in the Federal...
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List of members of the Swiss Council of States (current) List of members of the Swiss Federal Council (since 1848) List of members of the Swiss National...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thierry Burkart (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
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...
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Andrea Caroni (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
a Swiss lawyer and politician who currently serves on the Council of States since 2015. He previously served on the National Council (Switzerland) between...
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Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (category Members of the Council of States (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...
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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...
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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...
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Eugène Borel (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
Eugène Borel (17 June 1835 – 14 June 1892) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1872–1875). He was born in Neuchâtel to François-Victor...
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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...
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Alain Berset (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
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...
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Josef Munzinger (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
February 1855) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 November 1848, as one of the first seven Councilors. While in office...
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Jonas Furrer (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation...
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and Switzerland is the EU's fourth largest trading partner, after the United Kingdom, United States and China. Export of goods from Switzerland accounts...
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The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages...
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Fritz Schiesser (category Members of the Council of States (Switzerland))
1954) is a Swiss lawyer and politician, member of the Swiss Council of States (1990–2007). Schiesser became a Member of the Swiss Council of States in 1990...
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