Kaspar Villiger

Kaspar Villiger
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office 1 February 1989 – 31 December 2003
Preceded by	Elisabeth Kopp
Succeeded by	Hans-Rudolf Merz
President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 1995 – 31 December 1995
Vice President	Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
Preceded by	Otto Stich
Succeeded by	Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
In office 1 January 2002 – 31 December 2002
Vice President	Pascal Couchepin
Preceded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Pascal Couchepin
Minister of the Military
In office 1 February 1989 – 31 December 1995
Preceded by	Arnold Koller
Succeeded by	Adolf Ogi
Minister of Finance
In office 1 January 1996 – 31 December 2003
Preceded by	Otto Stich
Succeeded by	Hans-Rudolf Merz
Vice President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001
President	Moritz Leuenberger
Preceded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Pascal Couchepin
Personal details
Born	5 February 1941 (1941-02-05)
Political party	Free Democratic Party

Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Veeleeger) (born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989 – 2003). He currently heads Swiss bank UBS.

Political career

On February 1, 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council. He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party (Liberals).

During his time in office he has headed the following departments:

• Federal Military Department (1989 – 1995)
• Federal Department of Finance (1996 – 2003)

He has been President of the Confederation twice in 1995 and 2002.

In September 2003, he announced he was to resign on 31 December 2003.

Business career

In 2004 he became member of the board of directors of Nestlé and Swiss Re. On 4 March 2009, UBS AG announced that Villiger would be nominated to succeed Peter Kurer as chairman of Switzerland's largest bank.

Villiger is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to promote good governance around the world.

On 15 April 2009 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant UBS.

External links

• Profile of Kaspar Villiger with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.

Political offices
Preceded by Elisabeth Kopp	Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1989 – 2003	Succeeded by Hans-Rudolf Merz
Preceded by Otto Stich	President of Switzerland 1995	Succeeded by Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
Preceded by Moritz Leuenberger	President of Switzerland 2002	Succeeded by Pascal Couchepin