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Didier Burkhalter
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member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017
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Didier Burkhalter is a Swiss politician, economist, and author. Born in 1960, he holds French as his native language and also speaks German. He is affiliated with the FDP.The Liberals and the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. Burkhalter has served as President of the Swiss Confederation and worked at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland in Bern.
He was educated at the University of Neuchâtel. His municipal affiliations include Neuchâtel and Sumiswald. As an author, he has written works such as *Mer porteuse* and *Genève, canton suisse*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mer porteuse
- Genève, canton suisse
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Leonid Kozhara
- Succeeded by
- Ivica Dačić
- Vice president
- Simonetta Sommaruga
- President
- Ueli Maurer
- Born
- Didier Eric Burkhalter , ( 1960-04-17 ) 17 April 1960 (age 66) , Auvernier , Switzerland
- Party
- Free Democratic Party (until 2009), FDP.The Liberals (since 2009)
- Spouse
- Friedrun Sabine Burkhalter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
- Alma mater
- University of Neuchâtel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Neuchâtel
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- University of Neuchâtel
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Didier Burkhalter 2011.jpg
- Work location
- Bern
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- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Sumiswald
- Commons category
- Didier Burkhalter
- date of birth
- 1960-04-17
- name in native language
- Didier Burkhalter
- P10632
- Didier Burkhalter
- affiliation string
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
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Encyclopedic overview
Didier Eric Burkhalter (born 17 April 1960) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2014.
Burkhalter was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 September 2009; he succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs. From 1 January 2012 to 31 October 2017, he served as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. As President of the Swiss Confederation, he served as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2014. He left the Federal Council on 31 October 2017.
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