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.
The Canton of Geneva,officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva,is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities,and the seat of the government and parliament is in the City of Geneva.
The Grand Council of Vaud is the legislature of the canton of Vaud,in Switzerland. Vaud has a unicameral legislature. The Great Council has 150 seats,with members elected every five years.
The Grand Council of Neuchâtel is the legislature of the canton of Neuchâtel,in Switzerland. Neuchâtel,styled as a Republic and Canton,has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats,with members elected every four years.
The Council of State of the Canton of Vaud is the executive organ of the Canton of Vaud,in Switzerland. Vaud has a seven-member Conseil d'État. The responsibilities of the Council of State is to run the administration,submit laws and decrees to the Grand Council,observe a budget and adopt regulations or directives. Essentially,the Cantons define their own structure within federal regulations. Switzerland consists of twenty-six cantons in which each can influence the federal government. Vaud is a part of these cantons,and it is the central area connected to high trafficked communication routes in Switzerland. Guy Parmelin,a former Swiss president,is from the Canton of Vaud,and was first elected into their government in 2015.
Pierre-Yves Maillard is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. He is a member of the Council of State of Vaud since 2004.
Guy Bernard Parmelin is a Swiss politician,who served as president of Switzerland in 2021,having previously served as vice president of Switzerland in 2020. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2016. Parmelin has served as head of the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research since 2019,previously heading the Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports between 2016 and 2018.
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.
Lisa Mazzone is a prominent Green Party politician in Switzerland. She was elected to the Swiss parliament on 18 October 2015,becoming Switzerland's youngest member of parliament in the process. Most of her political interventions to date have involved environmental issues.
Antonio Hodgers is a Swiss politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland. He has been Councillor of State of Geneva since December 2013,and president of the Council of State from 13 September 2018 to 17 October 2020.
The Pharmacy of the Eastern Vaud Hospitals is an inter-hospital pharmacy constituted as a nonprofit organization on 1 January 1984 by seven regional hospitals in the eastern part of the canton of Vaud,and considered of public interest. It was the second of its kind in Switzerland.
Géraldine Savary is a journalist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP),former member of the National Council and the Council of States and the current director of the Federal Commission of the Swiss postal services,PostCom.
Léonore Porchet,is a Swiss politician. A member of the Green Party of Switzerland,Porchet has represented Vaud canton in the National Council since the 2019 Swiss federal election.
Benoît Genecand was a Swiss politician. A member of FDP.The Liberals (PLR),he served on the National Council of Switzerland from 2015 to 2019 and the Grand Council of Geneva from 2013 to 2015.
Céline Marie-Claire Amaudruz is a Swiss banker,attorney and politician. She currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 5th December,2011. Amaudruz previously served as president of the Grand Council of Geneva between 2010 and 2016. She is among the richest Swiss politicians in the legislative estimated by Handelszeitung.
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.
Alexandre Berthoud is a Swiss politician and a member of the Grand Council of Vaud elected in 2012. He chaired the council’s Finance Committee for five years (2015–2020). He is vice president of the PLR Vaud since 2018. Berthoud is president of Economic Commission and a member of board of directors of LEB.
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.
Yves Robert Nidegger is a Swiss attorney and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2007. Previously,he was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva from 2005 to 2009,respectively congressional vice president of the Swiss People's Party Geneva from 2004 to 2006 and 2009 to 2010.
