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Chancellor Of Switzerland
The federal chancellor is the head of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland, the oldest Swiss federal institution, established at the initiative of Napoleon in 1803. The officeholder acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. The chancellor is not a member of the government and the office is not at all comparable to that of the Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany), chancellor of Germany or the chancellor of Austria, or to the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the exchequer. The current chancellor, Viktor Rossi, a member of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, Green Liberal Party from Bern, was elected on 13 December 2023. He began his term on 1 January 2024. Election The federal chancellor is elected for a four-year term by both chambers of the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly, assembled together, at the same time (and by the same process) as it elects the Federal Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Rossi
Viktor Rossi (born 31 October 1968) is a Swiss politician and civil servant. A member of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, Green Liberal Party, he became Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland on 1 May 2019. On 13 December 2023, he was elected Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, succeeding Walter Thurnherr, and took office on 1 January 2024. Biography Rossi attended primary and secondary school in the canton of Bern, apprenticed as a cook between 1984 and 1987, obtained a matura, maturity diploma in economics at the Private school Humboldtianum in Bern, before attaining a teacher's degree in Law and Economics at Bern University in 1996. After graduating, he started teaching Trade at the commercial school (BFB) in Biel, before leading the school in 1999. In parallel, he was at first vice-president of the conference of rectors of commercial schools in the Canton Bern between 2004 and 2009, then president in 2009. In 2015, he completed a diploma of Adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Simonazzi
André Simonazzi (17 November 1968 – 10 May 2024) was a Swiss journalist born in Monthey. He held the office of Vice-Chancellor and spokesman for the Swiss Federal Council, from April 2009 until his death in 2024. Life and career Simonazzi was born on 17 November 1968. He attended thCollège de l’Abbayein St. Maurice, where he obtained a Latin and English baccalaureate in 1988. The eldest son of an economics teacher at the St. Maurice's Abbey, Simonazzi graduated at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. After beginning a career as a journalist at the regional newspaper Le Nouvelliste, Simonazzi first joined the relief organization Caritas Switzerland's media department, before becoming its national spokesperson in 1998. In 2004, he joined the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden ( ; ; ; ), in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of twenty municipalities. The seat of the government and parliament is Herisau, and the seat of judicial authorities are in Trogen, Switzerland, Trogen. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton", the other half being Appenzell Innerrhoden. Appenzell Ausserrhoden is located in the north east of Switzerland. Together with the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, it forms an enclave within the canton of St. Gallen. The canton is essentially located in the Alpine foothills of the Alpstein massif, culminating at the Säntis. Appenzell Ausserrhoden was part of the historical canton of Appenzell, which was divided into Appenzell Innerrhoden (Catholic) and Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Protestant) in 1597 as a result of the Swiss Reformation. History Settlement in Appenzell started in the 7th an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schiess
Schiess or Schieß is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Schiess (born 1951), Swiss sailor * Betty Bone Schiess (1923–2017), American Episcopal priest * Claudia Schiess (born 1989), Ecuadorian beauty queen * Douglas Schiess (born 1970), American Space Force major general * Emanuel Schiess (1875–1948), Swiss footballer * Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross * Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (born 1945), former Swiss long-distance runner * Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus (1833–1914), Swiss ophthalmologist * Johann Ulrich Schiess (1813–1883), Swiss politician * Louis Schiess (born 1925), Swiss sailor * Robert Schiess (1896–1956), Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard * Walter Schiess (1898–1959), Swiss magazine editor * Franz Schieß (1921–1943), German fighter ace See also * * * {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ulrich Schiess
Johann Ulrich Schiess (21 February 1813 in Wald, Switzerland – 6 July 1883) was a Swiss politician who served as the third Chancellor of Switzerland. Early life and education Schiess was born 21 February 1813 in Wald, Zurich, Switzerland. After having studied at the University of Bâle, he successively studied at Jena, Berlin, and Göttingen, where he obtained a doctorate in 1835. He was a member of the ''Jenaischen'' fraternity. Career Beginning his working life as an archivist, he became a magistrate from 1836 to 1839 and was elected Chancellor of State of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1839-1847). In July 1847, he learned from the newspapers of his appointment as Secretary of State of the Confederacy and took office in November 1847. He also acted as the Federal Chancellor after the resignation of Franz Josef Karl Amrhyn in the Sonderbund crisis. In the autumn of 1848, the Diet formally elected Schiess as the first Chancellor of the Confederation followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Lucerne
The canton of Lucerne ( ; ; ; ) is a Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Switzerland. It is located in the country's central, German-speaking Switzerland, German-speaking part. The population of the canton (as of ) is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is the city of Lucerne. History The canton of Lucerne comprises territories acquired by its capital Lucerne, either by treaty, armed occupation or purchase. The first town acquired was Weggis (in 1380), Rothenburg, Switzerland, Rothenburg, Kriens, Horw, Sempach and Hochdorf, Lucerne, Hochdorf (all in 1394), Wolhusen and Entlebuch (1405), the so-called "Habsburger region" to the northeast of the town of Lucerne (1406), Willisau (1407), Sursee and Beromünster (1415), Malters (1477) and Littau (1481), while in 1803, in exchange for Hitzkirch, Merenschwand (held since 1397) was given up. Prehistory The oldest traces of humans in the Lucerne area are stone artifac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Franz Karl Amrhyn
Josef Franz von Sales Johann Baptist Karl Nikolaus von Flüe Amrhyn (11 February 1800 in Lucerne, Switzerland – 7 April 1849), was a Swiss politician who served as the second Chancellor of Switzerland from 1831 to 1847. Biography Son of former Diet President , he studied at the Pestalozzi school of the château Yverdon (1810-1812) and then at the gymnasium and lyceum of Lucerne before pursuing legal study at Göttingen, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Paris (1820-1823). In 1822, he joined the ''Old Freiburger'' fraternity. He began his career as a private secretary to his father before being named deputy magistrate in Lucerne in 1824, where he would play a controversial role in the trial of the murder of Franz Xaver Keller. He then served as Secretary of State of the Confederation (1825-1830), then Chancellor of the Confederation on the proposal of his predecessor Jean-Marc Mousson from 1831 to 1847. Catholic and moderately liberal, he was opposed to the objectives of the Sond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. Vaud is the third-largest Swiss canton by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the partially French-speaking western part of the country, and borders the canton of canton of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and Canton of Bern, Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of canton of Geneva, Geneva to the south-west, and France to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau, and the Swiss Alps, (Swiss) Alps. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Switzerland
The Liberal Party of Switzerland () or Swiss Liberal Party (; ; ) was a political party in Switzerland with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) to form FDP.The Liberals. It was strongest in the Protestant cantons in Romandy, particularly in Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel. In contrast, the ideologically similar FDP was successful nationwide. The Liberal Party was a member of Liberal International. History Founded in 1913, the Liberal Party initially had sections in Zürich, Schaffhausen, Fribourg, Grisons, and Bern, in addition to Romandy. However, most of its sections were dissolved during the First World War, and by 1919 the party was confined to four cantons (Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Basel-City). In the 1960s, the Liberal Party tried to expand its influence beyond the four cantons, renaming itself the "Liberal-Democratic Union" from 1961 to 1977 in order t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mousson Neu
Mousson () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. The village lies on a hilltop, adjacent to the east of Pont-à-Mousson. See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list of the 591 communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Meurthe-et-Moselle {{Nancy-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the Federated state, member states of the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353 to 1481) and ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513 to 1798).rendered "the 'confederacy of eight'" and "the 'Thirteen-Canton Confederation'", respectively, in: Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or ('estate', from ), was a fully sovereignty, sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803). The term has been widely used since the 19th century. "" The number of canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
