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    Anna Elisabeth Kopp (née Iklé; 16 December 1936 – 7 April 2023) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was the first woman to serve...
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    Council for three further legislatures, until the 1984 election of Elisabeth Kopp. In 1983, the failed election of the first official female candidate...
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    Stinger missiles, overcoming CIA opposition. Iklé was a second cousin of Elisabeth Kopp, the first woman in the Swiss Federal Council, elected in 1984. Iklé...
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  • Kopp is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Kopp (born 1979), German race cyclist Elisabeth Kopp (1936–2023), Swiss politician...
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    active after meeting the first female Federal Councillor of Switzerland, Elisabeth Kopp, who encouraged her to pursue a political career. Since 2019, she has...
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    of the collective head of state 1 October 1989 1 April 1990 182 days Elisabeth Kopp   Switzerland Member of the Swiss Federal Council 21 October 1984 12...
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    The first woman on the seven-member Federal Council executive was Elisabeth Kopp, who served from 1984 to 1989, and the first female president was Ruth...
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    Former Federal Councillor Elisabeth Kopp speaking on 1 August 2007. The federal flag displayed here has a narrower margin than recommended in the flag...
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  • jazz saxophonist. William Myles Knighton, 91, British civil servant. Elisabeth Kopp, 86, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council and minister of...
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    Illinois Stephan Klapproth, Swiss journalist and television presenter Elisabeth Kopp, Swiss politician and the first woman elected to the Swiss Federal Council...
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  • The first female member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Elisabeth Kopp, served from 1984 to 1989. Ruth Dreifuss, the second female member,...
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  • The first female member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Elisabeth Kopp, served from 1984 to 1989. Ruth Dreifuss, the second female member,...
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    Moos 1972–1982: Kurt Furgler 1983–1984: Rudolf Friedrich 1984–1989: Elisabeth Kopp 1989–1999: Arnold Koller 1999–2003: Ruth Metzler 2004–2007: Christoph...
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    Federal Council In office 1 February 1989 – 31 December 2003 Preceded by Elisabeth Kopp Succeeded by Hans-Rudolf Merz President of Switzerland In office 1 January...
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    and Police In office 8 December 1982 – 20 October 1984 Succeeded by Elisabeth Kopp Member of the National Council (Switzerland) In office 1 December 1975 –...
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  • election Leon Schlumpf, Pierre Aubert 1989 1 February Kaspar Villiger Elisabeth Kopp Kopp was forced to resign after a political scandal. 1991 1991 Swiss federal...
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  • Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of viroids 7 April – Elisabeth Kopp, 86, politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council and minister of...
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    modern Zumikon took its form. The mayor of Zumikon at that time was Elisabeth Kopp who was to become the first female Swiss federal councillor in 1984...
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    Elisabeth Kopp's oath of office after her election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1984...
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  • (President) Pierre Aubert Alphons Egli Rudolf Friedrich (until October), then Elisabeth Kopp Kurt Furgler Otto Stich Jean-Pascal Delamuraz 12–17 June – Pope John...
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    list of women to serve in, or as president of, the Federal Council: Elisabeth Kopp became the first female member of the Federal Council (1984-1989) Ruth...
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  • Keller-Sutter (first elected in 2018), Albert Rösti (first elected in 2022), Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (first elected in 2022), and Beat Jans (first elected...
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    1983 Otto Stich 31 December 1983 Jean-Pascal Delamuraz 20 October 1984 Elisabeth Kopp 31 December 1986 Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti 31 December 1987 Adolf Ogi...
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    the first woman on the seven-member Federal Council executive being Elisabeth Kopp who served from 1984 to 1989. The first female president was Ruth Dreifuss...
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  • Lang – 1983 Member of the Swiss Federal Council – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984 Justice minister – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984 Mayor of Lausanne – Yvette Jaggi – 1990...
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  • December) Pierre Aubert Leon Schlumpf Otto Stich Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Elisabeth Kopp Kurt Furgler (resigned December) Flavio Cotti (from December) Arnold...
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    Schobinger 1908–1911 4 Christoph Blocher 2003–2007 Alphons Egli 1983–1986 Elisabeth Kopp 1984–1989 Josef Escher 1950–1954 Ruth Metzler 1999–2003 5 Ernst Wetter...
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    total of 156 days with average of 7 hours per week during that year. Elisabeth Kopp "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal...
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  • Switzerland. Federal Council: Otto Stich (President) Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Elisabeth Kopp Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti René Felber Adolf Ogi 11–17 April – The 1988...
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  • Anna-Greta Leijon  Sweden Europe 11 November 1983 15 November 1983 4 days Elisabeth Kopp   Switzerland Europe 2 October 1984 12 January 1988 4 years, 102 days...
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