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Encyclopedia > Doris Leuthard

Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician, lawyer, member of the Swiss National Council (since 1999) and President of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) (since 2004). April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The National Council of Switzerland is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Christian Democratic Peoples Party of Switzerland (Also called Christan-Democratic Party, German: Christlich Demokratische Volkspartei (CVP), French: Parti Démocrate-Chrétien Suisse (PDC), Italian: Partito Popolare Democratico Svizzero (PPD), Romansh: Partida Cristiandemocratica Svizra (PCD)) is a political party in Switzerland and a member of the Swiss coalition...


Following the resignation of Joseph Deiss from the Federal Council, Leuthard is considered as one of the possible successors as her Party and she declared being the official and unique candidate to replace Deiss. She should be elected on June 14 as the fifth woman elected to the Federal Council. Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist and Swiss politician. ...


External links

  • http://www.doris-leuthard.ch
  • Swiss Parliament: Profile (German)

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Doris Leuthard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (140 words)
Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer.
Following the resignation of Joseph Deiss from the Swiss Federal Council, Leuthard was elected as his successor on 14 June 2006.
She received 133 out of 234 valid votes, and became the 109th member (and fifth woman) of the Federal Council.
swissinfo - A portrait of Doris Leuthard, the new Swiss cabinet minister from the centre-right Christian Democratic ... (828 words)
Leuthard grew up in a rural part of Switzerland between Zurich and Lucerne and feels very much at home in her garden, tending her vegetables and flowers, only a stone's throw from where her parents live.
Leuthard responds to those who criticise her lack of experience by pointing out that she is head of a party which boasts several thousand members.
Doris Leuthard was born in Merenschwand in canton Aargau in 1963.
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