On December 12, 2007, all seven members of the Swiss Federal Council stood for re-election before the United Federal Assembly for the 2008–2012 term of office. Six were re-elected; Christoph Blocher o
Pascal Couchepin, 2009
Moritz Leuenberger, 2010
BR Samuel Schmid
Doris Leuthard, 2010
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party until 2008, she was then a member o
2007 Swiss Federal Council election
…Assembly for the 2008–2012 term of office. Six were re-elected; Christoph Blocher of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) was not. The Federal Assembly elected Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Blocher's place, who accepted her election on the following morning. Pascal Couchepin was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2008, and…
Official portrait, 2011
Widmer-Schlumpf alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in 2009
2012 Swiss Federal Council