Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 19 October 2003. Although in Switzerland's political system, in which all four major parties form a coalition...
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Elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 10 December 2003 to elect all seven of Switzerland's Federal Council. The 246 members of the United...
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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...
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An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, Switzerland's government, were held on 13 December 2023 for the 2024–2028 term. It followed the...
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elections were followed by elections to the Federal Council, Switzerland's government and collegial presidency, on 13 December. The Swiss People's Party (SVP)...
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The seven members of the Swiss Federal Council (German: Schweizerischer Bundesrat; French: Conseil fédéral suisse; Italian: Consiglio federale svizzero;...
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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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followed by the 2019 election to the Swiss Federal Council, the federal executive, by the United Federal Assembly. In the 20 October elections, the two green...
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Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, elections for the National Council are held every four years by the Swiss people. The most recent election took place...
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By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 7 December 2022, after federal councillors Ueli Maurer (SVP-ZH) and Simonetta Sommaruga (SP-BE)...
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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...
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Two by-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held in Switzerland on 22 September 2010, after federal councillors Moritz Leuenberger (SP) and Hans-Rudolf...
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members of the Swiss Council of States during the 47th legislature (2003–2007). Most members were elected in the 2003 Swiss federal election. 2003/2004: Franz...
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Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round...
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and...
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An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, the Government of Switzerland, was held on 11 December 2019, following the federal election on...
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President of the Swiss Council of States. The President of the National Council also chairs the United Federal Assembly which meets to set elections, decides...
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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...
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instructions from the cantonal authorities. Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election to the Council of States is left to the cantons, the provision...
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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...
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the favour of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC); the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 Federal Council election. The party sat in...
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An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, the Government of Switzerland, was held on 9 December 2015, following the federal election on...
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The federal chancellor is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, the oldest Swiss federal institution, established at the initiative of Napoleon...
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representatives on the Federal Council, Samuel Schmid and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, from its parliamentary group. In the 2007 Swiss federal elections, the SVP expanded...
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A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held on 20 September 2017, after federal councillor Didier Burkhalter (FDP-NE) announced he would leave...
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the Swiss National Council for the term 2003–2007. The elections were held on October 19, 2003, and the first session opened on December 1, 2003. The...
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Under Majoritarian Rules: Swiss Federal Council Elections". Swiss Political Science Review. 22 (1). Geneva, Switzerland: Swiss Political Science Association:...
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By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 5 December 2018, after federal councillors Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP-BE) and Doris Leuthard (CVP-AG)...
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 24 October 1999. Although the Swiss People's Party received the most votes for the first time in the party's...
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