Didier Burkhalter

Didier Burkhalter
Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office
1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014
Preceded byLeonid Kozhara
Succeeded byIvica Dačić
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014
Vice PresidentSimonetta Sommaruga
Preceded byUeli Maurer
Succeeded bySimonetta Sommaruga
Vice President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013
PresidentUeli Maurer
Preceded byUeli Maurer
Succeeded bySimonetta Sommaruga
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 January 2012 – 31 October 2017
Preceded byMicheline Calmy-Rey
Succeeded byIgnazio Cassis
Head of the Department of Home Affairs
In office
1 November 2009 – 31 December 2011
Preceded byPascal Couchepin
Succeeded byAlain Berset
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 November 2009 – 31 October 2017
Preceded byPascal Couchepin
Succeeded byIgnazio Cassis
Personal details
Born
Didier Eric Burkhalter

(1960-04-17) 17 April 1960 (age 64)
Auvernier, Switzerland
Political partyFree Democratic Party (until 2009)
FDP.The Liberals (since 2009)
SpouseFriedrun Sabine Burkhalter
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Neuchâtel

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "Burkhalter wird Aussen-, Berset Innenminister". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Didier Burkhalter passe le témoin à Ignazio Cassis" (in French). 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.