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Switzerland votes for stability and continuity

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Parliamentarians on Wednesday re-elected all incumbent cabinet ministers (picture), reaffirming their commitment to a power-sharing arrangement that has helped guarantee Switzerland’s political stability for the past 40 years. The seven cabinet ministers were confirmed in a series of secret ballots that defeated the challenge from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party for a second cabinet seat…

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Switzerland re-elects all seven cabinet ministers

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999

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Finance Minister Villiger

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. He was confirmed with 187 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the right-wing Swiss People’s Party gaining the most…

Interior Minister Dreifuss

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Swiss Interior Minister Ruth Dreifuss was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. She was confirmed with 148 votes in the 245-seat parliament. Her main challenger, Christoph Blocher of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, got 58 votes. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections.…

Transport Minister Leuenberger

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Transport and Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. He was confirmed with 154 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the right-wing Swiss People’s Party gaining…

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Defence Minister Ogi

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Swiss Defence Minister Adolf Ogi was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. He was confirmed with 229 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the right-wing Swiss People’s Party gaining the…

Economics Minister Couchepin

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Pascal Couchepin was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. He was confirmed with 124 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the Swiss People’s Party gaining the most…

Justice Minister Metzler

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Justice and Police Minister Ruth Metzler was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. She was confirmed with 144 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the right-wing Swiss People’s Party gaining…

Foreign Minister Deiss

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss was re-elected to the cabinet by a joint session of parliament on Wednesday. He was confirmed with 173 votes in the 245-seat parliament. The vote is part of a traditional re-election procedure, which follows parliamentary elections. Those were held in October and showed the right-wing Swiss People’s Party gaining the most…

What are the re-elections all about?

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999 Switzerland’s seven cabinet ministers are up for re-election by parliament on Wednesday. Normally a routine procedure, the vote is seen as a test of the “magic formula,” the traditional power-sharing agreement involving the major parties. Under the “magic formula,” which was agreed in 1959, the seven cabinet posts were divided among four parties, a move…

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