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Simonetta Sommaruga
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President of Switzerland | |
In office 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020 |
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Vice President | Guy Parmelin |
Preceded by | Ueli Maurer |
Succeeded by | Guy Parmelin |
In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 |
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Vice President | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
Vice President of Switzerland | |
In office 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019 |
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President | Ueli Maurer |
Preceded by | Ueli Maurer |
Succeeded by | Guy Parmelin |
In office 2 January 2014 – 30 December 2014 |
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President | Didier Burkhalter |
Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
Head of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 |
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Preceded by | Doris Leuthard |
Head of the Department of Justice and Police | |
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2018 |
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Preceded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
Succeeded by | Karin Keller-Sutter |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
Assumed office 1 November 2010 |
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Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
Personal details | |
Born |
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga
14 May 1960 Zug, Switzerland |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Lukas Hartmann |
Education | Lucerne University University of Fribourg |
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960) is a Swiss politician. She was the President of the Swiss Confederation from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2020. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Sommaurga has been a Member of the Federal Council since 2010. She was Vice President of the Federal Council for the year 2014. In 2015, she was President of the Swiss Confederation.
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Sommaruga with United States President Donald Trump in Davos, 2020

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