The Federal Council is made up of seven members, each of which heads a government department. Decisions are made jointly. The ...

Guy Parmelin was elected president of the Swiss Confederation for 2026 on 10 December 2025. It is his second term as ...

Beat Jans was born in 1964 and grew up in Riehen in the canton of Basel-Stadt. He successfully completed his apprenticeship as a farmer in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Later, he earned a degree as ...

Martin Pfister was born in 1963 and grew up in Zug and Allenwinden (ZG). He completed primary school teacher training at the St Michael teacher training college in Zug. He later studied history and ...

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter was born in 1963 and is from the canton of St Gallen. She attended school in Wil and Neuchâtel. Karin Keller-Sutter is a trained translator/interpreter and ...

Guy Parmelin was born in Bursins (Vaud) on 9 November 1959. He holds a federal baccalaureate specialising in Latin and English. Following a farming apprenticeship, he obtained a diploma from the ...

Switzerland did not always have the multi-party government that it has today. After the federal state was established in 1848, the Radicals ruled alone for 43 years. 1943: all major parties ...

Ansprechpersonen in den Departementen Fachkontakt: [email protected] Letzte Änderung 03.01.2026 11:27 Zum Seitenanfang Social share ...

pour les victimes du drame survenu à Crans-Montana le 1er janvier 2026 L’incendie survenu pendant une fête du Nouvel An a ...

Informations sur l’année présidentielle 2026. Figurent également les liens vers les pages Internet sur lesquelles le ...