Simonetta Sommaruga
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020.
Simonetta Sommaruga | |
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| President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020 | |
| Vice President | Guy Parmelin |
| Preceded by | Ueli Maurer |
| Succeeded by | Guy Parmelin |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Vice President | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Vice President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019 | |
| President | Ueli Maurer |
| Preceded by | Ueli Maurer |
| Succeeded by | Guy Parmelin |
| In office 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014 | |
| President | Didier Burkhalter |
| Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Head of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Doris Leuthard |
| Succeeded by | Albert Rösti |
| Head of the Department of Justice and Police | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| Succeeded by | Karin Keller-Sutter |
| Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga 14 May 1960 Zug, Switzerland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Lucerne University (without obtaining the degree) |
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A former director of the Consumer Protection Foundation, which merged into the Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations in 2010, Sommaruga has headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications since 2019, previously heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2010–2018). She served as Vice President of Switzerland for 2014 and 2019. Sommaruga assumed the role of President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015, before returning to the position in 2020. She resides in the canton of Bern.