Andrea Arcidiacono (born 20 April 1966) is a Swiss journalist and communications manager. He briefly held the office of

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and spokesperson for the Federal Council between October 2024 and March 2025. After obtaining a bachelor in economy at the University of St. Gallen in 1991, Arcidiacono began a career as political reporter in Bern on behalf of the

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and the

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. From 1998 on, he held various roles as spokesperson for Federal Councilors

Ruth Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940) is a Swiss economist, unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council from 1993 to 2002. She served as Vice President of Switzerland in 1998 and as President of Switzerland in 1999 for t ...

(1998-2002) and

Pascal Couchepin Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008 ...

(2006-2007), the Federal Administrative Court (2009-2011) and the

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(2017-1018). He further headed the Italian language redaction of

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between 2007 and 2009, led multiple programs at

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between 2011 and 2016, and was spokesperson for the health insurance association Curafutura (2016-2017). He founded his communcations and PR agency Acridiacono Consulting Partners GmbH in 2019 and led it until his nomination as vice-chancellor. He was recommended by Federal Chancellor

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 ...

as a successor for

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 w ...

and took office on October 1st, 2024. However, he announced his wish to quit the office by March 31st, 2025 for personal reasons. He was succeeded ''ad interim'' by Ursula Eggenberger, who already held the post following the passing of André Simonazzi.

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