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Swiss Council of States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (249 words) |
 | The Council of States of Switzerland (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the Swiss parliament. |
| Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election is left to the cantons; however, all cantons now provide for the councillors to be chosen by popular election. |
| A session of the Swiss Council of States, with spectators on the gallery. |
| President - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2429 words) |
| A common presidential symbol is the presidential sashes worn by Latin American presidents as a symbol of the presidency's continuity, and presenting the sash to the new president is a key part of the inauguration ceremony. |
| President can also be the title of the chief executive at a lower administrative level, such as the parish presidents of the parishes of the U.S. state of Louisiana or the municipal presidents of Mexico's municipalities. |
| In French legal terminology, the president of a court consisting of multiple judges is the foremost judge; he chairs the meeting of the court and directs the debates (and this thus addressed as "Mr President", Monsieur le Président, or appropriate feminine forms). |
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