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Forty years of politics

Moritz Leuenberger, from militant to minister

When Moritz Leuenberger leaves cabinet at the end of 2010, the transport minister will have spent over 15 years in government, well beyond the average ten years most cabinet ministers last. But for Leuenberger, politics has been his passion for more than four decades (All pictures: Keystone, RDB)

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