Ruth Metzler
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Ruth Metzler is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party, she headed the Federal Department of Just
Metzler in 2016
Christoph Blocher
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Christoph Wolfram Blocher is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2007. A member of the Swiss People's Party, he headed the Federal Dep
Ruth Metzler
…another seat in the Federal Council. In the elections for the Federal Council on 10 December, the Federal Assembly did not reelect Metzler, and elected Christoph Blocher instead, by 121 votes to 116 on the third round of voting. She challenged her CVP colleague Joseph Deiss for his seat, but lost by 138 to 96. Metzler…
Official portrait, 2011
Official Swiss Federal Council photo for 2007. Blocher is the second person from the left.
Civil unrest in Lausanne in the wake of anti-Blocher protests of 18 September 2007
Demonstration in Lausanne on 8 December to call for Christoph Blocher to be ousted from the Federal Council in the upcoming elections. Blocher was replaced by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf four days later.