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By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 5 December 2018, after federal councillors Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP-BE) and Doris Leuthard (CVP-AG) announced in September they would leave the Council effective 31 December of the same year.
The by-elections resulted in the elections of Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP-SG) and Viola Amherd (CVP-VS), yielding no change in the partisan composition of the council.[1][2] Women re-gained a third seat in the Council, with the first simultaneous election of two women.[3] The languages also retained the same representation (4 german-speakers, 2 french-speakers, and 1 italian-speaker) and catholics represented the majority of the federal council for the first time.[4]
- ^ L'Assemblée fédérale — Le Parlement suisse. "Élection des successeurs de la CF Doris Leuthard et du CF Johann Schneider-Ammann" [Election of the successors of the FC Doris Leuthard and of the FC Johann Schneider-Ammann]. parlament.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ L'Assemblée fédérale — Le Parlement suisse (5 December 2018). "Assemblée fédérale (Chambres réunies) ⋅ Session d'hiver 2018 ⋅ Dix-septième séance ⋅ 05.12.18 ⋅ 08h00 ⋅ 18.215". parlament.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Perrin, Olivier (4 December 2018). "Avant l'élection au Conseil fédéral, on épluche les dernières tendances". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Longchamp, Claude (20 December 2018). "L'élection du Conseil fédéral a-t-elle été vraiment normale?" [Has the Federal Council election really been normal?]. Swissinfo.ch (in French).