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Swiss Federal Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3610 words) |
 | The Federal Council was instituted by the 1848 Federal Constitution as the "supreme executive and directorial authority of the Confederation". |
| For example, a change in the salaries of federal employees would be proposed to the council by the head of the Federal Department of Finance, to whose department the Federal Office of Personnel belongs. |
| The members of the Federal Council are elected for a term of four years by both chambers of the federal parliament sitting together as the Federal Assembly. |
| Moritz Leuenberger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (205 words) |
| Moritz Leuenberger (born September 21, 1946) is a Swiss politician, lawyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1995 and President of the Confederation for the year 2006. |
| Leuenberger was elected to the Federal Council on September 27, 1995 as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS) from the Canton of Zürich. |
| Since 1995, Leuenberger has headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Environment was added to the name of the department in 1998). |
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