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...

The seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (German: Schweizerischer Bundesrat; French: Conseil fédéral suisse; Italian: Consiglio federale svizzero;...

The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government...

houses meet in the Federal Palace of Switzerland in Bern. The national council comprises 200 persons. Adult citizens elect the council's members, who are...

Federal Assembly, also known as the Swiss Parliament, is the federal bicameral parliament of Switzerland. It comprises the 200-seat National Council and...

members of the Federal Council, Switzerland's government, were held on 13 December 2023 for the 2024–2028 term. It followed the federal election held a...

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...

federal government, the Federal Council. Since 2024, it has been headed by Federal Chancellor Viktor Rossi of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland....

The federal chancellor is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, the oldest Swiss federal institution, established at the initiative of Napoleon...

The federal administration of Switzerland is the ensemble of agencies that constitute, together with the Swiss Federal Council, the executive branch of...

The Swiss Federal Council is elected by the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland by secret ballot. Regular elections take place every four...

The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 10; German: Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft (BV); French: Constitution...

The Council of States is a house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the other house being the National Council. As the powers of the houses are the...

members of the Swiss Federal Council (in German: Bundesrat, in French: conseil fédéral, in Italian: consiglio federale), or Federal Councilors (in German:...

the other members of the Federal Council formally the head of Switzerland's seven-member executive branch. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year,...

list of members of the Swiss Federal Council, in chronological order and for any given year since inauguration of the Federal Council, from 1848 to present...

the resignation of federal councillor and defence minister Viola Amherd, Martin Pfister was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 March 2025. As...

Switzerland elects on national level a collective head of state, the Federal Council, and a legislature, the Federal Assembly. The Federal Assembly (German:...

list of presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present). It presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member...

over the National Council and Federal Assembly. The National Council President is often colloquially referred to as the "highest Swiss person" (German:...

including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main...

The government of Switzerland is a federal state with direct democracy. The legislative branch is the Federal Assembly. The Federal Assembly has two parts:...

member of the Federal Council of Switzerland since 2019. Keller-Sutter is a member of The Liberals and serves as the head of the Federal Department of...

federal council, and have to be approved by the parliament, they reflect the country's fiscal policy. The budget principles are defined by the Swiss Constitution...

November 1959) is a Swiss Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)...

The rise of Switzerland as a federal state began on 12 September 1848, with the creation of a federal constitution in response to a 27-day civil war,...

was followed by the 2019 election to the Swiss Federal Council, the federal executive, by the United Federal Assembly. In the 20 October elections, the...

Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971. The first federal vote in which women were able...

all seven members of the Federal Council, the Government of Switzerland, was held on 11 December 2019, following the federal election on 20 October 2019...

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 2015 for the National Council and the first round of elections to the Council of States, with...