Doris Leuthard, head of Switzerland's Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, pictured on April 30, 2018 (Keystone/Alexandra Wey)
Keystone/Alexandra Wey
Being congratulated by Senator Franz Wicki upon her election as a Federal Councillor on June 14, 2006 (Keystone/Monika Flueckiger)
Keystone/Monika Flueckiger
Doris Leuthard (left), at a festival for Swiss national dress in 2010 (Keystone/Urs Flueeler)
Keystone/Urs Flueeler
Doris Leuthard (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a gala dinner in 2017 (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer)
Keystone/Peter Klaunzer
Doris Leuthard with husband Roland Hausin (left) and Walter Thurnherr, 2016 (Keystone/Anthony Anex)
Keystone/Anthony Anex
Presenting the prize for Best Feature Film at the Swiss Film Prize Quartz, 2011 (Keystone/Sigi Tischler)
Keystone/Sigi Tischler
Doris Leuthard at the opening ceremony of the Bear Park in Arosa in August 2018 (Keystone/Christian Merz)
Keystone/Christian Merz
In 2010, shaking hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the "Private Dining Room" in the Hotel Dolder in Zurich (Keystone/Ennio Leanza)
Keystone/Ennio Leanza
Doris Leuthard visiting the Chillon Viaduct after a press conference on traffic flow and national road construction sites in 2015 (Keystone/Chrisitian Brun)
Keystone/Chrisitian Brun
As Swiss President, Doris Leuthard being escorted by King Harald of Norway during a two-day state visit to Norway (Keystone)
Keystone
Doris Leuthard (right), during a tour of ABB's semiconductor production hall in 2010 (Keystone/Urs Flueeler)
Keystone/Urs Flueeler
In conversation with US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, in 2010 (Keystone/Michael Reynolds)
Keystone/Michael Reynolds
With German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a robot called "Justin" during the opening of the International Air Show ILA in Berlin in 2010 (Keystone/Jens Meyer)
Keystone/Jens Meyer
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