Leon Schlumpf

Leon Schlumpf was a Swiss politician and a former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979-1987).
Federal Council (Switzerland)

The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council that constitutes the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective executive head of government and state of Switzerland.
Samuel Schmid

Samuel Schmid is a Swiss politician who was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports.
Swiss People's Party

The Swiss People's Party, also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre, is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Albert Rösti, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 65 members of the National Council and 5 of the Council of States.
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 28 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 13 seats. It has one seat, that of Viola Amherd, on the Swiss Federal Council.
Magic formula

In Swiss politics, the magic formula is an arithmetic formula for dividing the seven executive seats of the Federal Council between the four ruling parties. The formula was first applied in 1959. It gave the Free Democratic Party, the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Social Democratic Party each two seats, while the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents received one seat.
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss lawyer, politician, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. She was the head of the Federal Department of Finance. She served as President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 2012.
2008 Swiss Federal Council election

On 10 December 2008, the Swiss Federal Assembly elected Ueli Maurer as successor to Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid. Schmid resigned on 12 November 2008 after a number of controversies, officially citing health and personal reasons. Maurer took office on 1 January 2009.
Ueli Maurer

Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer is a Swiss politician who is a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Formerly head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, Maurer has been the head of the Federal Department of Finance since 1 January 2016.
2015 Swiss federal election

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 18 October 2015 for the National Council and the first round of elections to the Council of States, with runoff elections to the Council of States being held in various cantons until 22 November.
Martin Landolt

Martin Landolt is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss National Council for the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP). Since May 2012 he has been the President of the BDP.
Guy Parmelin

Guy Parmelin is a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss People's Party.
2015 Swiss Federal Council election

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.
Hans Grunder

Hans Grunder is a Swiss politician in the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP).