Vice President of the Swiss Confederation

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federal executive office political office

The Vice President of the Swiss Confederation is a annually rotating senior member of the seven-person Federal Council who serves as deputy to the President of the Swiss Confederation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vice-Presidents of the Federal Council	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appointedBy	Federal Assembly of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	collective head of state ⓘ collegial executive ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed	coat of arms of Switzerland ⓘ
constitutionalRole	deputy chair of the Federal Council ⓘ deputy head of state of Switzerland ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
createdBy	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ surface form: Swiss federal constitution
deputyTo	President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
electionTiming	elected annually in December ⓘ
flagUsed	flag of Switzerland ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of Switzerland ⓘ
hasNoSeparateAdministration	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ surface form: Romansh
legislativeBodyInvolved	Council of States of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ National Council of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
nativeNameLanguage	de ⓘ fr ⓘ it ⓘ rm ⓘ
numberOfOfficeHolders	1 ⓘ
officeHolders	members of the Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe	elected members of the Federal Council ⓘ
officeHoldersNumberInCouncil	1 of 7 Federal Councillors ⓘ
officeLocation	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
officeType	non-executive head of state deputy ⓘ
partOf	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
precedence	second among members of the Federal Council ⓘ
rank	senior member of the Federal Council ⓘ
residesIn	Bern ⓘ
rotation	annually rotating among Federal Councillors ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by the Federal Assembly ⓘ
sharesDepartmentWith	the Federal Council department of the officeholder ⓘ
style	Federal Councillor ⓘ
successionToPresidency	usually becomes President of the Swiss Confederation the following year ⓘ
termLength	1 year ⓘ
termRenewable	yes ⓘ
termStart	1 January following election ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

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

Micheline Calmy-Rey → positionHeld → Vice President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ

Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building → usedBy → Vice President of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice-Presidents of the Federal Council