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Viola Amherd

Viola Amherd
Official portrait, 2024
President of the Swiss Confederation
Assumed office
1 January 2024
Vice PresidentKarin Keller-Sutter
Preceded byAlain Berset
Vice President of the Swiss Confederation
In office
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023
PresidentAlain Berset
Preceded byAlain Berset
Succeeded byKarin Keller-Sutter
Swiss Federal Councillor
Assumed office
1 January 2019
DepartmentDefence, Civil Protection and Sport (2019–)
Preceded byDoris Leuthard
Personal details
Born
Viola Patricia Amherd

(1962-06-07) 7 June 1962 (age 62)
Brig-Glis, Valais, Switzerland
Political partyThe Centre (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Christian Democratic People's (until 2021)
Alma materUniversity of Fribourg
Occupation
  • Politician
  • notary
  • lawyer

Viola Patricia Amherd (born 7 June 1962) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2019, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 since 1 January. She is the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport.[1] Amherd was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) before it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, which she joined.

  1. ^ "FOKUS: Departements-Rochade" (in German). 10 vor 10. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

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