Swiss federal government

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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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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

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EDI – German (Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern) partOf Swiss federal government
subject surface form: Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Statistical Office partOf Swiss federal government
subject surface form: Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Federal administration of Switzerland
Federal Office for Gender Equality jurisdiction Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: federal administration of Switzerland
Federal Office for the Equality of People with Disabilities partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern subordinateTo Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Schweizerische Bundesverwaltung
Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Schweizerische Bundesverwaltung
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law client Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
DDPS (English) belongsTo Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
DDPS (English) partOf Swiss federal government
DDPS (English) parentOrganization Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
Federal Office of Sport partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
armasuisse partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement memberOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Schweizerischer Bundesrat (Departementsebene)
State Secretariat for International Financial Matters partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss federal administration
DEFR partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Federal Administration of Switzerland
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs parentOrganization Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: federal administration of Switzerland
Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse jurisdiction Swiss federal government
subject surface form: Innosuisse
DETEC/UVEK partOf Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Administration
Municipality of Sion coordinatesWith Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities
Expo 2002 organizer Swiss federal government
this entity surface form: Swiss federal authorities