Alain Berse is the new president of Switzerland

The new president will simultaneously perform the function of the Minister of the Interior
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Ažurirano: 06.12.2017. 14:39h

The Swiss Parliament elected the current Minister of the Interior and Vice President Alain Berse as the new head of state in 2018.

In Switzerland, one of the seven members of the Federal Council, which is the collective head of state, holds the rotating position of president for one year.

190 out of 210 deputies in the parliament voted for Berse and he will hold this position for the first time since he was elected to the Federal Council five years ago.

Berse's term will begin on January 1 and he will succeed Doris Leuthard. Uli Maurer, the former Minister of Finance, was elected Vice President.

The new president will simultaneously perform the function of the Minister of the Interior.

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