Hans-Rudolf Merz
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Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician who served as President of Switzerland in 2009. He concurrently served as a member of the Federal Council from 2004 to 2010 for the Free Democratic Party.
Official portrait, 2009
2009 Swiss Federal Council
Pascal Couchepin
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Pascal Couchepin 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, he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice,
Hans-Rudolf Merz
…had a multiple bypass operation. He was also placed into an artificial coma. This led to a reorganisation of the cabinet and the absence of President Pascal Couchepin from the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. On 10 December 2008, as the Member of the Federal Council that had not been its president…
Pascal Couchepin, 2009
2008 Swiss Federal Council