Annemarie Huber-Hotz
| Annemarie Huber-Hotz | |
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| Chancellor of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2007 |
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| President | Adolf Ogi Moritz Leuenberger Kaspar Villiger Pascal Couchepin Joseph Deiss Samuel Schmid Moritz Leuenberger Micheline Calmy-Rey |
| Deputy | Oswald Sigg Corina Casanova |
| Preceded by | François Couchepin |
| Succeeded by | Corina Casanova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1948 Baar, Switzerland |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Bern Uppsala University Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Annemarie Huber-Hotz (born 16 August 1948 in Baar, Zug) was Federal Chancellor of Switzerland between 2000 and 2007. She was nominated by the FDP for the office, and elected on 15 December 1999 after four rounds of voting. The activity is comparable to an office for Minister. The Federal Chancellery, with about 180 workers, performs administrative functions relating to the co-ordination of the Swiss Federal government and the work of the Swiss Federal Council. She was assisted by Vice-Chancellors Oswald Sigg and Corina Casanova. The Chancellor attends meetings of the Federal Council but does not vote. Annemarie Huber-Hotz did not stand for reelection in December 2007 (after the general election), and was succeeded by Corina Casanova on 1 January 2008.
[edit] Biography
Huber-Hotz attended primary and secondary school in Baar, and the Gymnasium of Zug. She then studied sociology, ethnology and political science at the Universities of Bern, Uppsala (Sweden) and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and participated in various professional activities. She undertook advanced studies at ETH in Zürich in spatial planning.[1]
She has held the following positions:[1]
- 1976-1977: Studied spatial planning in Zug canton
- 1978-1981: Worked for the General Secretariat of the Swiss Parliament, in the press service
- 1981-1992: Worked for the secretariat of the Swiss Council of States
- 1989-1992: Director of the scientific parliamentary service
- 1992-1999: General Secretary of the Swiss Parliament
- 2000-2007: Federal Chancellor
Annemarie Huber-Hotz is married and has 3 children. She speaks English, French and Swedish in addition to German and Swiss German.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Annemarie Huber-Hotz. Academia Englelberg Foundation. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
[edit] External links
- Federal Chancellery biography (in French, German, and Italian)
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| Preceded by François Couchepin |
Chancellor of Switzerland 2000–2007 |
Succeeded by Corina Casanova |
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