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Pascal Couchepin
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| Taking office 01 January 2008 |
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| Succeeding | Micheline Calmy-Rey |
| In office 01 January 2003 – 31 December 2003 |
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| Vice President(s) | Joseph Deiss |
| Preceded by | Kaspar Villiger |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Deiss |
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| Assumed office 01 January 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz |
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| Assumed office 01 January 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Ruth Dreifuss |
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| In office 01 January 1998 – 31 December 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz |
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| Born | 05 April 1942 Martigny, Martigny Switzerland |
| Political party | FDP |
| Spouse | Brigitte Rendu |
Pascal Couchepin (born April 5, 1942) is a Swiss politician who has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1998.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on March 11, 1998 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and French speaking Valais. During his office time he has held the following departments:
- Federal Department of Economic Affairs (1998 - 2002)
- Federal Department of Home Affairs (Swiss interior minister, 2003-present)
He was the President of the Confederation in 2003. On 13 December 2006, he was elected vice-president of the Federal Council for 2007, and, on 12 December 2007 was elected President of the Confederation in 2008.
Previously, he had been Deputy Mayor (1976) and Mayor of Martigny (since 1984) and, from 1979 to 1998, member of the National Council.
Couchepin holds a DEA's degree in Law from the University of Lausanne, is father of three children (2 girls and a boy) and has two grandchildren.
- Official biography
- Profile of Pascal Couchepin with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.
- Pascal Couchepin in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Biography of Pascal Couchepin on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (French)
- Pascal Couchepin in the German National Library catalogue
| Preceded by Jean-Pascal Delamuraz |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1998 – present |
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President of the Confederation 2003 |
Succeeded by Joseph Deiss |
| Preceded by Micheline Calmy-Rey |
President of the Confederation (2008) |
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Moritz Leuenberger · Pascal Couchepin · Samuel Schmid · Micheline Calmy-Rey · Christoph Blocher · Hans-Rudolf Merz · Doris Leuthard · Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (elect) |
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