President of the Swiss Confederation

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federal executive office political office

The President of the Swiss Confederation is the annually rotating head of state and government in Switzerland, chosen from among the seven Federal Council members to chair the council and represent the country.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
President of the Swiss Confederation canonical 10
Bundespräsident der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft 1
President da la Confederaziun svizra 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
appointedBy Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
constitutingInstrument Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
electionFrequency annually ⓘ
flag Swiss flag ⓘ
surface form: Flag of Switzerland
governmentBranch executive branch of Switzerland ⓘ
hasDeputy Vice President of the Federal Council ⓘ
hasRole agenda-setting for Federal Council meetings ⓘ
ceremonial duties ⓘ
crisis representation of Switzerland ⓘ
inception 1848 ⓘ
insignia Coat of arms of Switzerland ⓘ
isNot single-person head of state in constitutional sense ⓘ
jurisdiction Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageUsed French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh ⓘ
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Federal Palace in Bern
memberOf Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
nativeLabel President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bundespräsident der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft

President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: President da la Confederaziun svizra

President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Presidente della Confederazione Svizzera

President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Président de la Confédération suisse
officeHolderAlsoHolds head of a federal department ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
officeHoldersCollectivelyForm collective head of state with the Federal Council ⓘ
officeType collective head of state component ⓘ
partOf Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
precededByOffice Landammann der Schweiz ⓘ
reportsTo Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
residence Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
roleInGovernment chair of the Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
head of state of Switzerland ⓘ
primus inter pares within the Federal Council ⓘ
representative of Switzerland abroad ⓘ
seat Bern ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Federal Assembly of Switzerland ⓘ
styleOfAddress Madam President ⓘ
Mr. President ⓘ
termLength 1 year ⓘ
termLimit cannot usually serve two consecutive years ⓘ
no formal term limit ⓘ
typicalSelectionCustom based on seniority within the Federal Council ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Moritz Leuenberger → positionHeld → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Swiss Federal Council → hasPosition → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Calmy-Rey → positionHeld → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: Micheline Calmy-Rey
Vice President of the Swiss Confederation → deputyTo → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Assemblée fédérale → elects → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Federal Council → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)
President of the National Council → relatedOffice → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the National Council (Switzerland)
President of the Swiss Confederation → nativeLabel → President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundespräsident der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft
President of the Swiss Confederation → nativeLabel → President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Président de la Confédération suisse
President of the Swiss Confederation → nativeLabel → President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidente della Confederazione Svizzera
President of the Swiss Confederation → nativeLabel → President of the Swiss Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: President da la Confederaziun svizra
Adrien Lachenal → positionHeld → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Gustave Ador → positionHeld → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
Bundesrat → presidingOfficer → President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Switzerland)