Two by-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held in Switzerland on 22 September 2010, elected were who, which Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland who is a current member of the Swiss Federal Council, the federal government of Switzerland, and head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (the Swiss justice minister)?
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Swiss Federal Council election, 2010 Two by-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held in Switzerland on 22 September 2010, after Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger (SP) announced he would leave the Federal Council effective 31 December 2010 and Federal Councillor Hans-Rudolf Merz (FDP.The Liberals) on 6 August 2010 announced his intention to retire effective late October 2010. Elected were Simonetta Sommaruga and Johann Schneider-Ammann.
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Simonetta Sommaruga Simonetta Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland who is a current member of the Swiss Federal Council, the federal government of Switzerland, and head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (the Swiss justice minister). She served as Vice President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 2014, and in 2015 succeeded to the role of President.
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Ministry of Social Affairs (Denmark) The Danish Ministry of Social Affairs was re-created in 2010 as a split of the Social Welfare ministry created after the 2007 Folketing elections. The split moved the section that had to do with the Ministry of the Interior off into the Ministry of the Interior and Health. The current minister is Karen Ellemann.
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Felix Calonder Felix Louis Calonder (December 7, 1863 – June 14, 1952) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1913 to 1920, and President of the Confederation in 1918. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his tenure of office, he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1913 to 1917, and the Political Department from 1918 to 1919. As of 2017, Felix Calonder has been the Federal Council's only native Romansh speaker.
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Christian Democrats/EVP/glp Group The Christian Democrats/EVP/glp Group (German: "Fraktion CVP/EVP/glp" , French: "Groupe PDC-PEV-PVL" , Italian: "PPD-PEV-glp" ), abbreviated to CEg, was a centrist parliamentary group of three parties in Switzerland's federal legislature, the Federal Assembly, between 2007 and 2011.
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Liberal Party of Switzerland The Liberal Party of Switzerland (German: "Liberale Partei der Schweiz" , French: "Parti liberal suisse" , Italian: "Partito Liberale Svizzero" , Romansh: "Partida liberala svizra" ) was a party with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party (FDP) to establish FDP.The Liberals.
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Grand Council of Basel-Stadt election, 2016 Elections to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt were held on 23 October 2016. The big winners were the Liberal Party of Basel-Stadt, who increased their popular vote from 9.6% in 2012 to 13.8% and gaining four additional seats. Both centre-left parties, the Social Democrats and the Green Party also gained ground and won one additional seat each. The losers of the elections were the centrist Christian Democratic People's Party, which lost one seat, the Green Liberal Party who lost one seat and the FDP who lost two seats; the right-wing anti-immigration party "Volksaktion" lost both of their seats.
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Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner The Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Cumbria Police in the English County of Cumbria. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Cumbria Police Authority. The current incumbent is Peter McCall, who represents the Conservative Party.
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Guido Wolf (politician) Guido Wolf (born 28 September 1961 in Weingarten) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. Since 2006 he is a MP of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. In 2015 he was elected faction leader of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and leading candidate for the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state elections. On 15 March 2016 he was re-elected as parliamentary group leader. Wolf also was county councillor (Landrat) from 2003 to 2011 in the district of Tuttlingen. From 2011 to 2015 he was president of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since May 2016, Wolf is Minister of Justice and European Affairs in Baden-Württemberg in the Cabinet Kretschmann II.
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Demographics of the Swiss Federal Council The tables below show information and statistics about the members of the Swiss Federal Council ("in German:" Bundesrat, "in French:" conseil fédéral, "in Italian:" consiglio federale), or Federal Councilors ("in German:" Bundesräte, "in French:" conseillers fédéraux, "in Italian:" consiglieri federali).
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Horst Seehofer Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German conservative politician (CSU). He served as the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and as the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became chairman of the CSU and Minister President of Bavaria. From 1 November 2011 until 31 October 2012 he served as President of the Bundesrat and "ex officio" deputy to the President of Germany. Because of that he was acting President of Germany after the resignation of President Christian Wulff on 17 February 2012 and before the election of Joachim Gauck as Wulff's successor on 18 March 2012.
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German Chancellery The German Chancellery (German: "Bundeskanzleramt" ) is an agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Angela Merkel. The Chancellery's primary function is to assist the Chancellor in coordinating the activities of the federal government. The chief of the Chancellery ("Chef des Bundeskanzleramtes") holds the rank of either a Secretary of State "(Staatssekretär)" or a Federal Minister "(Bundesminister)", currently held by Peter Altmaier.
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Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'GColIH', '4': "} (] ; born 9 October 1938) is an Austrian politician. He took office as 11th State President on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010, leaving office on 8 July 2016. Fischer previously served as Minister of Science from 1983 to 1987 and as President of the National Council of Austria from 1990 to 2002. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency.
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Swiss federal election, 1896 Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 25 October 1896. The Free Democratic Party retained its majority in the National Council.
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Federal Department of Justice and Police The Federal Department of Justice and Police (German: "Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement" , French: "Département fédéral de justice et police" , Italian: "Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia" , Romansh: "" ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss justice minister. Until 1979, the department was known as the Department of Justice and Police.
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Federal Chancellery of Switzerland The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland (German: "Bundeskanzlei" , French: "Chancellerie fédérale" , Italian: "Cancelleria federale" ) is a department-level agency of the federal administration of Switzerland. It is the staff organisation of the federal government, the Federal Council. As of 2016, it is headed by Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
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Swiss federal election, 1987 Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 1987. The Free Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 51 of the 200 seats.
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Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland The Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (German: "Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz" , BDP; French: "Parti bourgeois démocratique suisse" , PBD; Italian: "Partito Borghese Democratico Svizzero" , PBD; Romansh: "" , PBD; all translations mean literally "Citizens' Democratic Party of Switzerland") is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Since the 2015 General election, the BDP has seven members in the National Council and one in the Council of States.
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Cantonal Council of Zürich The Cantonal Council of Zürich (German: "Züricher Kantonsrat" ) is the legislature of the canton of Zürich, in Switzerland. Zürich has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 180 seats, with members elected every four years.
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Heinz Indermaur Heinz Indermaur is a Swiss lawyer and politician. He currently serves as the head of social services of the city of St. Gallen.
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Hans-Rudolf Merz Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and former member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was the head of the Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance minister) from 2004 to 2010 and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009. On 6 August 2010 Merz announced his resignation for October 2010.
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Swiss Federal Council election, 2015 An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, the government of Switzerland, was held on 9 December 2015, following the federal election on 19 October 2015.