The Federal Assembly, is the federal bicameral parliament, of Switzerland. It comprises the 200-seat National Council and the 46-seat Council of States...

The Federal Council is elected as a body by the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland for a term of four years after each federal parliamentary...

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

(1815-1866) Federal Assembly (Switzerland), the Swiss federal parliament This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Federal Assembly. If...

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,...

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

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (German: Bundesgericht, French: Tribunal fédéral, Italian: Tribunale federale, Romansh: Tribunal federal) is...

Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the officeholder...

2007 the Swiss National Council, one house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, voted to overturn the ban, however the other house, the Swiss Council...

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

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

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

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...

The Council of States is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, and the lower house being the National Council. It comprises 46 members. Twenty of the...

Consiglio nazionale; Romansh: Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly, and the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the...

directed by the Swiss Federal Council, and the Federal Council and the administration are subject to parliamentary oversight by the Federal Assembly. Each member...

Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB; French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF; Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS)...

October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting...

220,000 men ("Armee XXI"), including the reserves. In 2016, the Swiss Federal Assembly voted to further reduce the army from 140,000 men to 100,000 men...

green-liberal political party in Switzerland. Founded in 2007, the party holds eleven seats in the Federal Assembly as of the October 2023 election. The...

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

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...

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 National Council...

The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) (French: Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle, IPI; German: Eidgenössisches Institut...

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 2019 to elect all members of both houses of the Federal Assembly. This was followed by the 2019...

The Federal Diet of Switzerland (German: Tagsatzung, IPA: [ˈtaːkˌzatsʊŋ]; French: Diète fédérale; Italian: Dieta federale) was the legislative and executive...

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...

3663733°E / 47.4216727; 9.3663733 The Swiss Federal Patent Court (German: Bundespatentgericht, French: Tribunal fédéral des brevets, Italian: Tribunale federale...

The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland (German: Bundesverwaltungsgericht, French: Tribunal administratif fédéral, Italian: Tribunale amministrativo...

General redundant. Swiss law does not establish the precise conditions when a General is to be elected, merely that the Federal Assembly may do so "as soon...