Simonetta Sommaruga

Simonetta Sommaruga
Official portrait, 2022
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020
Vice PresidentGuy Parmelin
Preceded byUeli Maurer
Succeeded byGuy Parmelin
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015
Vice PresidentJohann Schneider-Ammann
Preceded byDidier Burkhalter
Succeeded byJohann Schneider-Ammann
Vice President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019
PresidentUeli Maurer
Preceded byUeli Maurer
Succeeded byGuy Parmelin
In office
1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014
PresidentDidier Burkhalter
Preceded byDidier Burkhalter
Succeeded byJohann Schneider-Ammann
Head of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byDoris Leuthard
Succeeded byAlbert Rösti
Head of the Department of Justice and Police
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2018
Preceded byEveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded byKarin Keller-Sutter
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Succeeded byÉlisabeth Baume-Schneider
Personal details
Born
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga

(1960-05-14) 14 May 1960 (age 64)
Zug, Switzerland
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse
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(m. 1996)​
Alma materLucerne University (without obtaining the degree)[1]
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Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960)[2] is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020.

A former director of the Consumer Protection Foundation, which merged into the Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations in 2010, Sommaruga has headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications since 2019, previously heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2010–2018).[3] She served as Vice President of Switzerland for 2014 and 2019. Sommaruga assumed the role of President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015, before returning to the position in 2020. She resides in the canton of Bern.

  1. ^ https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/it/articles/046585/2022-12-06/
  2. ^ Biography of Simonetta Sommaruga on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
  3. ^ "Leuthard au DETEC, Widmer-Schlumpf aux finances". TSR Télévision Suisse Romande. SRG SSR. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.