Lausanne is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva,about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps,and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres northeast of Geneva,the nearest major city.
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.
Vaud,(German;Kanton Waadt) more formally the canton of Vaud,is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts,and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Libertéet patrie" on a white-green bicolour.
Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva.
Palais de Beaulieu is the historical and emblematic building of the Lausanne convention and exhibition center,located in Lausanne,in the Vaud Canton,Switzerland. The Palais is a convention centre that welcomes mainly conventions and events.
Ouest Lausannois District is a district in the canton of Vaud,Switzerland. The seat of the district is Renens.
The Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud is a Reformed cantonal state church in Vaud.
Guy Bernard Parmelin is a Swiss Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he has been a member of the Federal Council since 2016,and has led the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research since 2019. He previously led the Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports between 2016 and 2018. He served as president of Switzerland in 2021,having previously served as vice president of Switzerland in 2020.
Astrid Epiney,born Wander is a German-Swiss jurist. She is professor of international law,European law and Swiss public law at the University of Fribourg,and became its first female rector in 2015.
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.
Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Union SG. Born in Switzerland,he is a citizen of Spain.
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.
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.
Rebecca Ana Ruiz is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP). Since 2019,she has been a member of the Council of State in the canton of Vaud where she heads the cantonal department of health and social action. She also represented Vaud in the National Council from June 2014 to May 2019.
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.
The R6 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux in the Swiss canton of Vaud. On weekdays,rush-hour services continue from Palézieux to Romont,in Fribourg. Swiss Federal Railways,the national railway company of Switzerland,operates the service. The service was previously known as the S6.
Simone de Montmollin is a Swiss politician,businesswoman,and oenologist. She began her career in the medical field,working for the European Society of Cardiology before founding her own medical communications company,Götz &Cie Cardio Diffusion,in 1991. De Montmollin left the medical field to become an oenologist,and served as the director of the Swiss Union of Oenologists,worked as a communications specialist at Agroscope,and served as chairwoman for the 42nd World Congress of Vine and Wine in Geneva. In 2008 she was elected,as an Independent,to the Geneva Constituent Assembly. She later joined FDP.The Liberals and was elected to the Grand Council of Geneva,serving from 2013 to 2018. In her last year on the council,she was the president of the Committee for Environment,Agriculture,and Management. In 2019,de Montmollin was elected to the National Council,where she is a member of the Committee for Science,Education and Culture and the Delegation for Relations with the French Parliament.
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.
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.
Christelle Luisier is a Swiss politician and lawyer. Since 2022,she has served as the President of the Council of State of Vaud.
