Walter Thurnherr

Walter Thurnherr
Official portrait, 2023
16th Chancellor of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2016 – 31 December 2023
PresidentJohann Schneider-Ammann
Doris Leuthard
Alain Berset
Ueli Maurer
Simonetta Sommaruga
Guy Parmelin
Ignazio Cassis
Alain Berset
Vice-ChancellorJörg De Bernardi
Viktor Rossi
André Simonazzi
Preceded byCorina Casanova
Succeeded byViktor Rossi
Personal details
Born (1963-07-11) 11 July 1963 (age 61)
Muri, Aargau, Switzerland
Political partyChristian Democratic People's Party (before 2021)
The Centre (2021–present)
Children2
Alma materETH Zurich
University of Bern

Walter Thurnherr (born 11 July 1963) is a Swiss government official who served as Chancellor of Switzerland from 2016 to 2023.[1] Although he holds a traditionally nonpartisan office, he was elected as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC). When it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, Thurnherr joined the new party.

On 16 August 2023 he announced that he would leave his position before the end of 2023.[2]

  1. ^ "Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr". Federal Chancellery. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ Fontana, Katharina (16 August 2023). "Walter Thurnherr tritt als Bundeskanzler zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 16 August 2023.