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President of the Swiss Confederation
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President of the Swiss Confederation
Other official names[show]
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Incumbent
Ueli Maurer
since 1 January 2019
Residence Federal Palace
Term length 1 year, not eligible for reelection immediately
Inaugural holder Jonas Furrer
Formation 21 November 1848
Deputy Vice President of the Federal Council
Salary CHF 445,163, p.a. (Approx $448,000) as of 1 January 2017[1]
Website Federal Presidency
Switzerland
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The President of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the President of the Confederation or colloquially as the President of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the officeholder chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties.

First among equals, the President of the Confederation has no powers over and above the other six councillors and continues to head the assigned department. Traditionally the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority; the Vice President of the Federal Council assumes the presidency the year after the officeholder's tenure. The President of the Confederation is not the head of state because the entire Federal Council is the collective head of state.

The constitutional provisions relating to the organisation of the Federal Government and Federal administration are set out in Section 1 Organisation and Procedure of Chapter 3 Federal Council and Federal Administration of the Title 3 Confederation, Cantons and Communes of the Swiss Federal Constitution[2] at articles 174 to 179. Article 176 specifically relates to the presidency.


Contents
1 Competencies
2 Election
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Competencies[edit]
The Swiss president is not – as are, for example, the Presidents in Austria or Germany – the head of state of the country: under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the Federal Council doubles as a collective head of state and head of government.[3] When a tied vote occurs in the council (which sometimes happens, because the six Federal Councillors who are not president vote first), the president – as the chair of the council – casts the deciding vote (or may abstain).[4]

In addition to the control of his or her own department, the president carries out some of the representative duties that are normally carried out by a single head of state in other democracies. For example, since joining the United Nations, Swiss presidents have on occasion spoken at inaugural sessions of the General Assembly along with other visiting ######### of state and government.[5][6] However, because the Swiss have no single head of state, the country carries out no state visits. When traveling abroad, the president does so only in their capacity as head of their department. Visiting ######### of state are received by the seven members of the Federal Council together, rather than by the President of the Confederation. Treaties are signed on behalf of the full Council, with all Federal Council members signing letters of credence and other documents of the kind.