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.

Aliases (12)

Swiss Federal Administration ×5
Federal Administration of Switzerland ×3
Swiss federal administration ×3
Swiss federal authorities ×3
Swiss government ×2
federal government of Switzerland ×2
Federal Council of Switzerland ×1
Government of Switzerland ×1
Swiss Confederation (minority shareholder) ×1
Swiss Federal Council ×1
Swiss Federal Government ×1
federal administration of Switzerland ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch → federal government →
branchOf	Swiss Confederation →
capital	Bern →
chairpersonRole	primus inter pares →
chairpersonTitle	President of the Swiss Confederation →
collectiveDecisionMaking	collegiality principle →
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation →
country	Switzerland →
countryGovernmentOf	Swiss Confederation →
electedBy	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	Federal Councillor →
nativeName	Bundesrat → Conseil fédéral → Consiglio federale → Cussegl federal →
numberOfMembers	7 →
officialLanguage	French → German → Italian → 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 (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ("Federal Administration of Switzerland") → Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ("Swiss Federal Administration") → Federal Department of Finance ("Federal Administration of Switzerland") → Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ("Swiss federal administration") → Federal Department of Home Affairs ("Swiss Federal Administration") → Federal Department of Justice and Police ("Federal Administration of Switzerland") → Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ("Swiss Federal Administration") → Swiss Patent Office in Bern ("Swiss federal administration") → Swiss customs administration ("federal administration of Switzerland") →	partOf
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ("Government of Switzerland") → Geneva Conventions ("Swiss Federal Council") →	depositary
Bern ("Swiss Federal Administration") → Bern ("Swiss Federal Administration") →	isSeatOf
.ch ("Swiss government") → VS ("Swiss federal authorities") →	usedBy
ETH Zurich ("Swiss Federal Government") →	founder
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain →	fundedBy
Cussegl federal ("Swiss federal administration") →	governs
Bern metropolitan area ("federal government of Switzerland") →	hasCapitalFunction
Switzerland ("Federal Council of Switzerland") →	headOfState
Geneva Conference of 1954 ("Swiss government") →	hostedBy
Susten Pass ("Swiss federal authorities") →	maintainedBy
Jura water correction system ("Swiss federal authorities") →	managedBy
Swiss Patent Office in Bern →	operatedBy
Swiss National Bank ("Swiss Confederation (minority shareholder)") →	owner
Swiss Federal Council ("federal government of Switzerland") →	role