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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|07|08|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|07|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]
| birth_place = [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]
| residence = [[Geneva]]
| residence = [[Geneva]]
| office = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]]
| order = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]]
| term_start = [[01 January]] [[2007]]
| primeminister = [[Annemarie Huber-Hotz]]
| predecessor = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| vicepresident = [[Pascal Couchepin]]
| chancellor = [[Annemarie Huber-Hotz]]
| term_start = [[01 January]] [[2007]]
| predecessor = [[Moritz Leuenberger]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]
| term_start2 = 2007
| term_start2 = 2002

| term_end2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Ruth Dreifuss]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ruth Dreifuss]]
| spouse = André Calmy
| spouse = André Calmy
| children = 2
| children = 2
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'''Micheline Calmy-Rey''' (born [[July 8]], [[1945]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician, member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] since [[2003]]. She is head of the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]] (the Swiss [[foreign minister]]) and [[President of the Confederation]] for [[2007]].
'''Micheline Calmy-Rey''' (born [[July 8]], [[1945]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician, member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] since [[2003]]. She is head of the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]] (the Swiss [[foreign minister]]) and [[President of the Confederation]] for [[2007]].

Revision as of 04:44, 26 November 2007

Micheline Calmy-Rey
President of Switzerland
Assumed office
01 January 2007
Prime MinisterAnnemarie Huber-Hotz
Vice PresidentPascal Couchepin
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Assumed office
2002
Preceded byRuth Dreifuss
Personal details
Born (1945-07-08) 8 July 1945 (age 78)
Sion
SpouseAndré Calmy
Children2
ResidenceGeneva

Micheline Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003. She is head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (the Swiss foreign minister) and President of the Confederation for 2007.

Early life and education

Calmy-Rey was born in Sion in the canton of Valais to Charles and Adeline Rey. She received her diploma in 1963 in St. Maurice, and received a degree in political science at the Institut de hautes études internationales (HEI) (Graduate Institute of International Studies) in 1968. In 1966 she married André Calmy. They have two children.

Career

From 1981-1997 Calmy-Rey served as a representative in the Grand Conseil of the canton of Geneva as a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSS/SPS), and served as president of the assembly during 1992-1993. She was president of the Geneva section of the party from 1986-1990 and again from 1993-1997. In 1997, Calmy-Rey was elected to the Conseil d'Etat of Geneva. In 2001 she became head of the Finance Department and president of the Conseil d'Etat.

She was elected on December 4, 2002 to the Federal Council, heading the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Calmy-Rey is only the fourth woman elected to the Federal Council in history. On December 7, 2005 she was elected Vice-President of Switzerland, a post she held for the calendar year of 2006.

Presidency

On January 1st 2007 she became the second female President of the Confederation in history, the first having been her predecessor on the Federal Council, Ruth Dreifuss. She was elected as President on 13 December 2006 by 147 votes. However, by Swiss tradition, it was a foregone conclusion she would be elected. She had been the longest-serving councilor not to have been President, and had served as Vice-President for 2006.

As President of the Confederation, she presides over meetings of the Federal Council and carries out certain representative functions that would normally be handled by a head of state in other democracies, (though in Switzerland, the Federal Council as a whole is regarded as the head of state). She is also the highest-ranking official in the Swiss order of precedence, and has the power to act on behalf of the whole Council in emergency situations. However, in most cases she is merely primus inter pares, with no power above and beyond her six colleagues.

She had already handled most official visits abroad since being elected to the Federal Council; the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs traditionally carries out such visits.

References

Calmy-Rey at Langnau

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article and the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article (retrieved April 1, 2006).

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Preceded by Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Since 2003 		Succeeded by
None (Incumbent)
Preceded by President of the Confederation
2007 		Succeeded by
None (Incumbent)
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