A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held in Switzerland on 16 September 2009, after incumbent Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin (Free Democratic...

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 Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of...

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...

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

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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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...

representatives on the Federal Council, Samuel Schmid and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, from its parliamentary group. In the 2007 Swiss federal elections, the SVP expanded...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

following elections occurred in the year 2009. Electoral calendar 2009 2009 United Nations Security Council election 2009 Antiguan general election 2009 Aruban...

January 2009. The Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), Switzerland's largest party by voter share but no longer represented in the Federal Council after the...

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

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...

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...

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...

Under Majoritarian Rules: Swiss Federal Council Elections". Swiss Political Science Review. 22 (1). Geneva, Switzerland: Swiss Political Science Association:...

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...

seven-member Federal Council are assigned according to each of the four major parties' shares of the latest general election. The Swiss Confederation...

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...

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...

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on October 22, 1995. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning...

Elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 15 December 1999 to elect all seven members of Switzerland's Federal Council. The 246 members of the...

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 1991. The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 44...

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...