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hey i am doing a class project and i need some simple information on switzerland. directions: brainstorm 20 details about this place. they don't have to be long and elaborate. they can be simple ...
The head of state in Switzerland is the Swiss Federal Council.
The german name is "Bundesrat".
It consists of 7 people leading the country as a group with each of them holding a certain department.
Their names are:
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Moritz Leuenberger
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Pascal Couchepin
Samuel Schmid
Doris Leuthard
Hans-Rudolf Merz
While the responsibility for the executive of an department lies only in the hands of one person, all major decisions are being made together by debating and voting.
One of them also has the responsibility to moderate those meetings, which gives this person the title of "the president". (slightly missleading naming, I know)
This task is being forwarded every year to the next "younger" member of the council (age of service).
Once a decision has been made, the council supports this decision as a unity (there's no "I've voted against it", just "the council decided to...")
Once elected by the Parliament, a member of council remains in office for 4 years. However, it is usualy the case that they remain in office (getting re-elected every 4 years) until they retire or step back themselves.
Have a look at Wikipedia, they have a pretty informative site on this topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Council
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