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Swiss Federal Council presents its new face

Swiss Federal Council (cabinet), 2010

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s cabinet, the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, which governs as a body of equals, has published its official photo for 2010. Left to right: Didier Burkhalter, the chancellor for the Swiss Confederation Corina Casanova, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Ueli Maurer, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss President Doris Leuthard, Vice-president Moritz Leuenberger. The presidency is a one-year rotating position, while the chancellor’s job is to oversee the smooth functioning of the administrative side of the government.

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 4 January 2010 at 9:37 | permalink

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News story, GenevaLunch, 4 January 2010.

Filed under: Politics

Tags: Bern, chancellor, Cordina Casanova, Didier Burkhalter, Doris Leuthard, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Moritz Leuenberger, News, Swiss federal council, Switzerland, Ueli Maurer

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