Solothurn is a town,a municipality,and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains.
Ruth Dreifuss is a Swiss economist,unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1993 to 2002. She served as Vice President of Switzerland in 1998 and as President of Switzerland in 1999 for the Social Democratic Party.
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice,in 2007 and 2011.
Biel/Bienne is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents,it is the country's tenth-largest city by population. The Biel urban area has a population of around 100,000 inhabitants. Biel/Bienne is the capital of the Biel/Bienne administrative district. The city has been an industrial and watchmaking heart of Switzerland since the 19th century. With world-famous watch brands such as Rolex,Omega and Swatch based in Biel/Bienne,the city is one of the main centres of the Swiss watch industry and is also referred to as the "world capital of watchmaking".
Poverty in Switzerland refers to people who are living in relative poverty in Switzerland. In 2018,7.9% of the population or some 660,000 people in Switzerland were affected by income poverty. Switzerland has also a significant number of working poor,estimated at 145,000 in 2015.
This local electoral calendar for the year 2010 lists the subnational elections held in 2010 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections and sub-national referendums are also included.
Cécile Butticaz,also known as Cécile Biéler or Cécile Biéler-Butticaz,was a Swiss engineer. She is considered the first female electrical engineer in Europe,because she earned her engineering diploma in 1907.
Esther Mujawayo is a Rwandan sociologist and psychotherapist. She survived the Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi in 1994,but lost many members of her family. She is the author of several books. In 1994,she founded the Association of Widows of the Rwandan Genocide. She gained a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from the University of East Anglia in 1997.
Scholastique Mukasonga is a French-Rwandan author born in the former Gikongoro province of Rwanda. In 2012,She won the prix Renaudot and the prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for her book Our Lady of the Nile. In addition to being a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize,Mukasonga was rewarded in 2014 with the Seligmann Prize against racism and intolerance and in 2015 with the prize Sociétédes gens de lettres. She currently resides in Normandy,France.
Myriam El Khomri is a former French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2015 to 2017.
Esther Benbassa is a French-Turkish-Israeli historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Since 2011,Benbassa has served as a French senator,representing Paris from 2017 onwards and Val-de-Marne from 2011 to 2017.
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.
Emma Kammacher was a Swiss human rights lawyer,activist and politician. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and served as a member of the Grand Council of Geneva. In 1965 she became the first woman to serve as president of a Swiss cantonal council.
Ruth Grossenbacher-Schmid is a Swiss politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). She was a member of the National Council for the canton of Solothurn from 1991 to 1999.
Farah Rumy MP is a Sri Lankan born Swiss politician,nurse and medical expert. In March 2021,she was elected to the Cantonal Council of Solothurn. She was the first Sri Lankan born person to be elected to a Swiss cantonal parliament.
Anne-Marijke Podt is a Dutch politician of the social liberal party Democrats 66 (D66),who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since September 2021. She had previously been a member of the Utrecht municipal council starting in 2014,and she has worked as an aid worker and as an independent adviser for municipalities.
Frédérique Perler is a Geneva politician and member of the Green Party. She is an administrative councillor (executive) of the city of Geneva since June 1,2020,at the head of the department of planning,construction and mobility. She is also Mayor of Geneva since June 1,2021.
Sandra Locher Benguerel is an educator and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Since 2019,she is a member of the National Council,the lower house of the Swiss Parliament.
