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Election as President of the Confederation for 2023
7 December 2022
The Federal Assembly elects Alain Berset President of the Confederation for 2023, with 140 votes (absolute majority: 91). Viola Amherd is elected Vice-President. On the same day, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and Albert Rösti join the Federal Council.
In his speech, he recalls the 175th anniversary of the federal state, to be celebrated in 2023, speaks of the major tasks in the face of crises and the inequalities to be overcome, and calls for debates “geprägt von Respekt”: “ensemble, insieme, ensemen, zusammen”.
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