Cabinet elections
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An ovation for outgoing Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone -
Votes being cast. (Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone -
Pupils and locals follow the election in Felsberg, home of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone -
An inhabitant of Felsberg "holds his thumbs" - the equivalent to crossing his fingers - waiting for the re-election of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone -
Conservative Democrat supporters fill a restaurant in Bern. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone -
Glum faces among the Swiss People's Party: official candidate Jean-François Rime (left) and party president Toni Brunner. (Reuters/Pascal Lauener) Reuters -
Multimedia: following the elections in Wängi, canton Thurgau. (Keystone/Ennio Leanza) Keystone -
Social Democrat senator Hans Stöckli congratulates the new cabinet minister Alain Berset. Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone -
The cabinet ministers are sworn in. (Reuters/Ruben Sprich) Reuters -
Alain Berset accompanied by cabinet spokesman André Simonazzi. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone -
Alain Berset meets the rest of the cabinet. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone
An emotional time for candidates and supporters.
This content was published on December 14, 2011 - 14:21
On December 14, parliament elected the seven cabinet ministers for the next four years. The only new face was Alain Berset from the Social Democratic Party.
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