Swiss federal government

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executive branch federal government

The Swiss federal government is the national executive authority of Switzerland, responsible for implementing federal laws, managing national administration, and representing the country domestically and internationally.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Federal Administration of Switzerland 12
Swiss federal government canonical 11
Swiss Federal Administration 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive branch ⓘ
federal government ⓘ
branchOf Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
capital Bern ⓘ
chairpersonRole primus inter pares ⓘ
chairpersonTitle Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: President of the Swiss Confederation
collectiveDecisionMaking collegiality principle ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
countryGovernmentOf Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
electedBy Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
electionMethod indirect election by parliament ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1848 ⓘ
governingSystem consensus democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment collective ⓘ
headOfState collective ⓘ
languagePolicy multilingual ⓘ
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
memberTitle Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Federal Councillor
nativeName Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Bundesrat

Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Conseil fédéral

Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Consiglio federale

Cussegl federal ⓘ
numberOfMembers 7 ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh language ⓘ
surface form: Romansh
officialName Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Swiss direct democracy ⓘ
presidencyRotation annual rotation among Federal Councillors ⓘ
presidencyTermLength 1 year ⓘ
reElection possible without term limits ⓘ
reformed 1874 federal constitution revision ⓘ
1999 federal constitution revision ⓘ
represents Switzerland domestically ⓘ
Switzerland internationally ⓘ
responsibleFor federal administration ⓘ
federal budget preparation ⓘ
foreign policy of Switzerland ⓘ
implementation of federal laws ⓘ
national security policy ⓘ
supervises Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ⓘ
Federal Department of Finance ⓘ
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Federal Department of Home Affairs ⓘ
Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Patent Office in Bern → operatedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
Swiss Patent Office in Bern → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Geneva Conventions → depositary → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Council
ETH Zurich → founder → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Government
Switzerland → headOfState → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → depositary → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Switzerland
Geneva Conference of 1954 → hostedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss government
Bern → isSeatOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Swiss National Bank → owner → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederation (minority shareholder)
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain → fundedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
.ch → usedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss government
Swiss Federal Council → role → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal government of Switzerland
Jura water correction system → managedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Swiss customs administration → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal administration of Switzerland
Cussegl federal → governs → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Federal Department of Home Affairs → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Federal Department of Justice and Police → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Department of Finance → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Bern, Switzerland → isSeatOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
subject surface form: Bern
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Bern metropolitan area → hasCapitalFunction → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal government of Switzerland
VS → usedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Susten Pass → maintainedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation → foundedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Bundesversammlung → supervises → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Council → supervises → Swiss federal government ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Trimbach → higherLevelOfGovernment → Swiss federal government ⓘ
Swiss Federal Roads Office → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Lia Rumantscha → collaboratesWith → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Council of State of Valais → isPartOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: government of Switzerland
A13 motorway (Switzerland) → maintainedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Empa → funding → Swiss federal government ⓘ
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology → governingBody → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Government
Thur River → isManagedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Federal Councillor → participatesIn → Swiss federal government ⓘ
Federal Chancellor of Switzerland → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Federal Constitution of 1848 → establishedCentralGovernment → Swiss federal government ⓘ
Bundesrat → responsibleFor → Swiss federal government ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: federal administration of Switzerland
Chancellor of the Confederation → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
Chancellor of the Confederation → positionHeldIn → Swiss federal government ⓘ
CF → usedInContext → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss government
Federal Constitution of 1874 → expandedPowersOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
FDFA → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
DFAE → partOf → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
DFAE (rm) → usedBy → Swiss federal government ⓘ
State Secretariat of the FDFA → parentOrganization → Swiss federal government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration