Vaud,more formally the Canton of Vaud,is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts;its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Libertéet patrie" on a white-green bicolour.
The Free Democratic Party,also called Radical Democratic Party was a liberal political party in Switzerland. Formerly one of the major parties in Switzerland,on 1 January 2009 it merged with the Liberal Party of Switzerland to form FDP. The Liberals.
The Liberal Party of Switzerland or Swiss Liberal Party was a political party in Switzerland with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) to form FDP.The Liberals.
Nyon is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre,and since the 1970s it has become part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva and is the seat of Nyon District. The town has a population of 21,718 and is famous in the sporting world for being the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the European Club Association (ECA). It is connected to the rest of Switzerland by way of the Route Suisse,the A1 Motorway and the railways of the Arc Lémanique.
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly,the federal parliament of Switzerland,were held on Sunday,21 October 2007. In a few cantons,a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November,18 November,and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011),voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.
Fulvio Pelli is a Swiss politician. He was the last president of the Free Democratic Party prior to its merger with the Liberal Party of Switzerland. After the merger of the two parties,he served as the first president of FDP and the Liberals from 2009 to 2012. Pelli was a member of the Swiss National Council from 1995 to 2014. He served in the communal legislature of Lugano from 1980 to 1990 and in the Grand Council of Ticino from 1983 to 1995.
FDP. The Liberals is a liberal political party in Switzerland.
Two by-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held in Switzerland on 22 September 2010,after federal councillors Moritz Leuenberger (SP) and Hans-Rudolf Merz announced they would step down from the Federal Council towards the end of the year. The by-elections resulted in the elections of Simonetta Sommaruga from the SP and Johann Schneider-Ammann from the FDP,resulting in no change in the partisan composition of the council. It also resulted in the first majority of women on the Federal Council in its history,with Sommaruga joining Micheline Calmy-Rey,Doris Leuthard and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
An election for all seven members of the Federal Council,the Government of Switzerland,was held on 9 December 2015,following the federal election on 19 October 2015,for the 2016–2020 term.
Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis is a Swiss physician and politician who has been a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1 November 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals,Cassis was elected to the Federal Council on 20 September 2017 following the resignation of Didier Burkhalter. He has headed the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs since he took office. On 8 December 2021,Cassis was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2022.
Isabelle Moret is a Swiss politician who served as President of the National Council from 2019 to 2020. A member of FDP.The Liberals since its foundation in 2009,she first entered the National Council in 2006 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD). Moret is a resident of Yens-sur-Morges in the canton of Vaud.
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.
Violaine Blétry-de Montmollin is a Swiss politician,accountant,and estate manager. She served as the president of the Canton of Neuchâtel's branch of FDP.The Liberals from 2009 to 2011. Since 2016,Blétry-de Montmollin has served on the Neuchâtel Town Council and held the offices of Vice President and President.
A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held on 20 September 2017,after federal councillor Didier Burkhalter (FDP-NE) announced he would leave the Council effective 31 October 2017. The by-election resulted in the election of Ignazio Cassis (FDP-TI),resulting in no change in the partisan composition of the council.
By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 5 December 2018,after federal councillors Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP-BE) and Doris Leuthard (CVP-AG) announced in September they would leave the Council effective 31 December of the same year.
By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 7 December 2022,after federal councillors Ueli Maurer (SVP-ZH) and Simonetta Sommaruga (SP-BE) announced they would leave the Council effective 31 December of the same year. The parliament elected Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider respectively to replace them.
An election for all seven members of the Federal Council,Switzerland's government,were held on 13 December 2023 for the 2024–2028 term. It followed the federal election held a month earlier and partly depended on its results.
Jacqueline Denise de Quattro is a Swiss-Italian politician,lawyer,and former judoka. As a member of the FDP.The Liberals,she was elected to the Council of State of Vaud in 2007. In 2019,she was elected to a seat in the National Council of Switzerland.
