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President of the Swiss Confederation

Executive branch of government · Head of government or state · National government

President of the Swiss Confederation is an entity described in industry reference data. It is not linked to any risk indications in our database, and it has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Position				[sources]
Name	President of the Swiss Confederation · President, Swiss Confederation · Président de la Confédération suisse				[sources]
Country	Switzerland				[sources]
Inception date	1848-11-21				[sources]
Subnational area	not available				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q688230				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-26	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-08-16

Relationships

Position holders
Holder	Start date	End date
Alain Berset PEP	2023	2024

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,964

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,069

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories345,356

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,393

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External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions519,826

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-8be8dfd309995026cb720dd681300916b34599d9 · unprot-ed09257ebeb32c1f25a9d91c818707d9746bd15c · us-cia-d0c3ea02ca4cc41a6ccea1b3e587cb9c37410367 · unprot-2b16fd074e832858c6ffa447c4053603a597955c

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