Flavio Cotti was a Swiss politician who served as member of the Federal Council from 1986 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the canton of Ticino. In the 1990s,Cotti led the Swiss government's unsuccessful attempts to further Switzerland's political integration into the European Union. He was President of the Confederation in 1991 and 1998 and headed the departments of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs.
Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and district of La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine,on the Swiss Plateau,it is a major economic,administrative and educational centre on the cultural border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Its Old City,one of the best-maintained in Switzerland,sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine. In 2018,it had a population of 38,365.
Joseph Deiss is a Swiss economist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2006. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC),he first headed the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (1999–2002) before transferring to the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (2003–2006). Deiss was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 65th session in 2010.
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland,also called the Christian Democratic Party,Democratic People's Party and Swiss Christian Democratic Party,was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021,it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre,which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status.
The Christian Social Party (CSP) (German:Christlich-soziale Partei,French:Parti chrétien-social) is a political party in Switzerland of the Christian left. The CSP is more aligned with social democracy than the other major Christian party,the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP),which is more economically liberal. With the moderate Christian left as its background,the CSP commits itself to social-democratic and environmentalist political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain,among others,"solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment."
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Switzerland since 1 July 2022. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples passed the Swiss Parliament in December 2020. The law was challenged in a referendum on 26 September 2021 by opponents of same-sex marriage and was approved with the support of 64% of voters and a majority in all 26 cantons. The law went into force on 1 July 2022. A provision of the law permitting same-sex marriages performed abroad to be recognised in Switzerland took effect on 1 January 2022. Switzerland was the seventeenth country in Europe to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Alain Berset is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2012 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),he headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs from when he took office. Berset served as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2018 and 2023.
Thérèse Meyer-Kaelin is a Swiss politician. She is a member of the Swiss National Council and President of the National Council for 2005.
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020.
Cédric Wermuth is a Swiss politician who currently serves on the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland since 2011. He currently also serves as co-president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) along with Mattea Meyer. He has formerly served as president of the Young Socialists of Switzerland (JUSO) and also a former vice president of the SP.
Pierre-Yves Maillard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was successively a deputy for the canton of Vaud on the National Council,a member of the Council of State of Vaud at the head of the department of health and social action,again national advisor and advisor to the states since the end of 2023.
Marina Carobbio Guscetti is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP/PS) of which she has been the vice-chairwoman since 1 March 2008. She was the president of the National Council in 2018–2019 and became a Councillor of States in December 2019.
Beat Jans is a Swiss environmental scientist and politician who currently serves as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland),after being elected during the 2023 Swiss federal election to succeed Alain Berset,assuming office on 1 January 2024. He previously served as president of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt between 2021 and 2023.
Mattea Julia Meyer is a Swiss politician who currently serves as member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party since 2015. Concurrently she co-chairs the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland together with Cédric Wermuth. Previously,Meyer served on the Cantonal Council of Zürich from 2011 to 2015.
Jacqueline Badran also referred to as Jackie Badran is a Swiss businesswoman and politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland since 2011. She is primarily known for her campaigns for additional affordable housing and banning Airbnb. She also holds Australian citizenship.
Valérie Piller Carrard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) and a current member of the National Council.
An election for all seven members of the Federal Council,the Government of Switzerland,was held on 11 December 2019,following the federal election on 20 October 2019,for the 2020–2024 term.
Johanna Gapany is a Swiss politician of the FDP. The Liberals and a current member of the Council of States in Switzerland.
