Ueli Maurer

Ueli Maurer
Official portrait in 2022
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019
Vice PresidentSimonetta Sommaruga
Preceded byAlain Berset
Succeeded bySimonetta Sommaruga
In office
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013
Vice PresidentDidier Burkhalter
Preceded byEveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded byDidier Burkhalter
Vice President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018
PresidentAlain Berset
Preceded byAlain Berset
Succeeded bySimonetta Sommaruga
In office
1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012
PresidentEveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Preceded byEveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded byDidier Burkhalter
Head of the Department of Finance
In office
1 January 2016 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byEveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded byKarin Keller-Sutter
Head of the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
In office
1 January 2009 – 31 December 2015
Preceded bySamuel Schmid
Succeeded byGuy Parmelin
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 January 2009 – 31 December 2022
Preceded bySamuel Schmid
Succeeded byAlbert Rösti
Member of the Swiss National Council
In office
25 November 1991 – 31 December 2008
Parliamentary groupSwiss People's Party
ConstituencyZürich
Chairman of the Swiss People's Party
In office
27 January 1996 – 1 March 2008
Preceded byHans Uhlmann
Succeeded byToni Brunner
Personal details
Born (1950-12-01) 1 December 1950 (age 73)
Wetzikon, Zürich, Switzerland
Political partySwiss People's Party
Spouse
Anne-Claude Peter
(m. 1976)
Children6
Residence(s)Hinwil, Zürich

Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (Swiss Standard German: [ˈʊlrɪç ˈmaʊrər]; born 1 December 1950)[1] is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2022. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2013 and 2019. Formerly head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (2009–2015), Maurer has headed the Federal Department of Finance from 2016 to 2022. From 2019 to 2022, he was the longest-serving sitting member of the Federal Council.

An accountant by occupation, Maurer chaired the Swiss People's Party from 1996 to 2008.[2] Elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly to succeed Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid in 2008, he took office on 1 January 2009. Maurer served as Vice President of Switzerland for 2012 and 2018 and President of Switzerland for 2013 and 2019.[3] He was reelected to the Federal Council in 2011, 2015 (when his party gained one seat) and 2019 (an election which saw all members of the Federal Council reelected).

  1. ^ Eidgenössische Bundeskanzlei: Der Bund kurz erklärt, Seite 63. Erschienen 2009.
  2. ^ "Maurer joins Blocher in race for cabinet seat". Swissinfo. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Ueli Maurer élu président de la Confédération". 5 December 2018 – via www.letemps.ch.