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Dec 13, 2023 · Current defence minister Viola Amherd will take on the position of president from January, replacing Alain Berset in the honorary role that rotates between members of the country's cabinet on an...
Jan 1, 2024 · Viola Amherd is Switzerland's president for 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP. If it is January 1st (of any year), this means Switzerland has a new president. Whose turn is it in 2024? Advertisement. Viola Amherd, 61, is the country's new president, and will remain in this position until December 31st.
- Helena Bachmann
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The current incumbent president is Viola Amherd, since 1 January 2024. [4] Competencies. The Swiss president is not – as are, for example, the presidents in Austria or Germany – the head of state of the country: under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the Federal Council doubles as a collective head of state and head of government. [5] .
Viola Amherd was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 on 13 December 2023. It is her first term as president. Tasks of the acting president. The president fulfils special tasks during his/her year of office, including cooperation within the government and representation of Switzerland to the outside world.
Dec 13, 2023 · ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland named a new president on Wednesday and the make up of the country's government for the next four years. Current defence minister Viola Amherd will take on the...
Dec 9, 2021 · On Wednesday, December 8th at noon, Ignazio Cassis was elected by Swiss parliament as the country’s new President. Cassis’ term will begin on January 1st. In his acceptance speech, he pledged Switzerland “would not allow itself to be divided” amid the Covid pandemic. Ignazio Cassis: Switzerland swears in new President.
The president is elected for a one-year term of office and is regarded during that time as ‘Primus inter pares’, or first among equals. President 2024 Viola Amherd Viola Amherd (Mitte/VS) has been a federal councillor since 2019.
