Swiss mourn death of pioneering politician, Emilie Lieberherr
Emilie Lieberherr, one of Switzerland’s best known politicians, has died at the age of 86. She was a strident campaigner for women’s rights and a champion of social reform. (SF/swissinfo.ch)
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Elections produce female majority in cabinet
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In the first of Wednesday’s two cabinet appointments, Sommaruga from the centre-left Social Democratic Party replaced party colleague Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger. Two hours later, parliamentarians voted, also by secret ballot, to replace Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz from the centre-right Radical Party with party colleague Schneider-Ammann. The cabinet’s political make-up thus stayed the same. Both…
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