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Cabinet elections

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 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.

Widmer-Schlumpf takes on Swiss presidency

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 The post of president rotates annually among the seven cabinet members. The 55-year-old Conservative Democrat received 179 out of 239 votes in the parliamentary presidential election on Wednesday. Defence Minister Ueli Maurer will be her stand-in. Widmer-Schlumpf is the first Conservative Democrat to serve as Swiss president. She joined the newly-formed party after she defied…

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No alarms and no surprises

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 The Social Democrats and Radicals have two seats each, the Conservative Democrats, Christian Democrats and People’s Party one each. Needless to say the People’s Party, which got 26.6% of the vote in October’s parliamentary elections – compared with the Social Democrats’ 18.7% and the Radicals’ 15.1% – is not happy. Will it pull out of…

Vote 7. Round 2.

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 Alain Berset is thus elected. Alain Berset was born in 1972 in Fribourg and is married with three sons. He studied political science and economics at Neuchâtel University from where he received a PhD in economics in 2005. After working as a research scientist and political advisor, he was elected to the Senate in 2003…

Vote 7. Round 1.

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 A second round is therefore necessary. No one has to drop out.

Vote 7: Replacement for Micheline Calmy-Rey

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 The two official Social Democrat candidates are Alain Berset and Pierre-Yves Maillard. The official People’s Party challenger is Jean-François Rime. The votes are in and are being counted…

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Vote 6. Round 1.

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 Johann Schneider-Ammann is thus re-elected.

Vote 6: Johann Schneider-Ammann

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 The votes are in and are being counted… Beforehand, the Radicals told parliament that, contrary to what the People’s Party had claimed, they had supported the People’s Party in the Widmer-Schlumpf vote.

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Vote 5. Round 1.

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 Simonetta Sommaruga is thus re-elected.

Vote 5: Simonetta Sommaruga

This content was published on Dec 14, 2011 The votes are in and are being counted…

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