Simonetta Sommaruga

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Simonetta Sommaruga
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2020 ? 31 December 2020
Vice President Guy Parmelin
Preceded by Ueli Maurer
Succeeded by Guy Parmelin
In office
1 January 2015 ? 31 December 2015
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
President Ueli Maurer
Preceded by Ueli Maurer
Succeeded by Guy Parmelin
In office
2 January 2014 ? 30 December 2014
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
Preceded by Doris Leuthard
Head of the Department of Justice and Police
In office
1 November 2010 ? 31 December 2018
Preceded by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded by Karin Keller-Sutter
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 November 2010 ? 31 December 2022
Preceded by Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by Elisabeth Baume-Schneider
Personal details
Born
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga

( 1960-05-14 ) 14 May 1960 (age 64)
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 is a member of the Social Democratic Party .

Sommaurga was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2010 to 2022. [1] She was Vice President of the Federal Council for the year 2014. In 2015 and 2020, she was President of the Swiss Confederation .

References [ change | change source ]

  1. "Leuthard au DETEC, Widmer-Schlumpf aux finances" . TSR Television Suisse Romande . SRG SSR. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010 . Retrieved 27 September 2010 .