Swiss Federal Council

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collective head of state collegial executive body federal cabinet

The Swiss Federal Council is the seven-member executive government of Switzerland that collectively serves as both the federal cabinet and head of state.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Swiss Federal Council canonical	52
Federal Council of Switzerland	44
Conseil fédéral	4
Consiglio federale	4
Federal Council (Switzerland)	2
Bundesrat	1
Conseil fédéral suisse	1
Consiglio federale svizzero	1
Federal Councillor	1
President of the Swiss Confederation	1
Schweizerischer Bundesrat	1
government of Switzerland	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective head of state ⓘ collegial executive body ⓘ federal cabinet ⓘ
appoints	Federal Chancellor of Switzerland ⓘ federal secretaries of state ⓘ
budgetaryRole	prepares federal budget ⓘ
cannotBeDissolvedBy	no-confidence vote ⓘ
collectiveDecisionMaking	yes ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
crisisRole	manages national crises and emergencies ⓘ
eachMemberHeads	federal department ⓘ
electedBy	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
electionMethod	joint session of National Council and Council of States ⓘ
establishedInYear	1848 ⓘ
governmentSystemContext	Swiss direct democracy ⓘ
hasMemberType	Federal Councillor ⓘ
hasPosition	President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ Vice President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
hasSubBody	Federal Chancellery of Switzerland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageRegime	multilingual ⓘ
legalBasis	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution
meetsIn	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Federal Palace west wing
numberOfDepartments	7 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	7 ⓘ
officialLanguagesUsed	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh (partially) ⓘ
power	conducts foreign policy of Switzerland ⓘ issues ordinances ⓘ oversees federal administration ⓘ submits draft legislation to Federal Assembly ⓘ
presidencyNature	primus inter pares ⓘ
presidencyRotation	annual ⓘ
presidencySelection	elected by Federal Assembly from among councillors ⓘ
principle	collegiality ⓘ consensus democracy ⓘ power sharing ⓘ
reElection	possible ⓘ
reportsTo	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
responsibleTo	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
role	collective head of state of Switzerland ⓘ executive branch of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ Swiss federal government ⓘ surface form: federal government of Switzerland
seat	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
seatCity	Bern ⓘ
supportsBy	Federal Chancellery of Switzerland ⓘ
termLengthYears	4 ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

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

Additional Protocol I → depositary → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Additional Protocol II → depositary → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Additional Protocol III → depositary → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Swiss federal government → officialName → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Swiss federal government → nativeName → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bundesrat

Swiss federal government → nativeName → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conseil fédéral

Swiss federal government → nativeName → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consiglio federale

Swiss federal government → memberTitle → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Councillor

Swiss federal government → chairpersonTitle → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Swiss Confederation

Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War → organizedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War → convenedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Micheline Calmy-Rey → officeContested → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Micheline Calmy-Rey → employer → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Bern → isSeatOf → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne → governingBody → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

ETH Board → reportsTo → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Moritz Leuenberger → memberOf → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Moritz Leuenberger → officeContested → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Swiss Army → subordinateTo → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Swiss Army → commanderInChief → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize → notableRecipient → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Second Geneva Convention → hasDepositary → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Third Geneva Convention → depositedWith → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Cussegl federal → hasNameInLanguage → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conseil fédéral

Cussegl federal → hasNameInLanguage → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consiglio federale

Federal Palace of Switzerland → governingBody → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation → promulgatedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → parentOrganization → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport → parentOrganization → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Federal Department of Finance → parentOrganization → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications → appointedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Bern, Switzerland → isSeatOf → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Bern

Geneva Convention I of 12 August 1949 → depositedWith → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949 → depository → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Diplomatic Conference of Geneva of 1949 → convenedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Calmy-Rey → officeContested → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Micheline Calmy-Rey

Vice President of the Swiss Confederation → partOf → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Vice President of the Swiss Confederation → memberOf → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

First Geneva Convention of 1864 → draftedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

First Geneva Convention of 1864 → convenedBy → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Swiss Academy of Sciences → advises → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of Switzerland

Bundesversammlung → elects → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Bundesversammlung → supervises → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Assemblée fédérale → elects → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)

Assemblée fédérale → supervises → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)

Federal Council → officialNameGerman → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)

this entity surface form: Schweizerischer Bundesrat

Federal Council → officialNameFrench → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)

this entity surface form: Conseil fédéral suisse

Federal Council → officialNameItalian → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Switzerland)

this entity surface form: Consiglio federale svizzero

Swiss Federal Roads Office → subordinateTo → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

Council of State of Valais → cooperatesWith → Swiss Federal Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland