No one 'rules' Switzerland. Couchepin is on the highest position though.
Answer 2
Switzerland has a president as head of state. There is a different president each year, starting on 1st January. The president for 2012 is Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
Previous presidents were: 2011 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, 2010 - Doris Leuthard, 2009 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, 2008 - Pascal Couchepin.
The official title is "President of the Confederation" (German: Bundespräsident(in), French: Président(e) de la Confédération, Italian: Presidente della Confederazione, Romansh: President(a) da la Confederaziun). The president is the presiding member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's executive. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. Primus inter pares, the President has no powers above the other Councillors and continues to head his or her department. Traditionally the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's Vice President becomes President.
Switzerland has a president. There is a different president each year, starting on 1st January. The president for 2012 is Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
Previous presidents were: 2011 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, 2010 - Doris Leuthard, 2009 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, 2008 - Pascal Couchepin.
The official title is "President of the Confederation" (German: Bundespräsident(in), French: Président(e) de la Confédération, Italian: Presidente della Confederazione, Romansh: President(a) da la Confederaziun). The president is the presiding member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's executive. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. Primus inter pares, the President has no powers above the other Councillors and continues to head his or her department. Traditionally the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's Vice President becomes President.
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey
Ulrich Zwingli
Hans Van Shluben
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
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Benito Mussolini
Ulrich Zwingli, apriest in Zurich led this movement.
No, that would be John Calvin. Zwingli was in Zurich, not Geneva.
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, was educated in Switzerland. He attended the International School of Berne under a pseudonym to keep his identity secret.
the leader of Ireland was... Eanom de Valera.. he was elected in 1932.
Huldrych Zwingli was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Zurich. He was a Swiss priest who believed in reforming the Catholic Church through his teachings and writings. Zwingli's ideas laid the foundation for the development of Protestantism in Switzerland.
Bern is the capital of Switzerland, though not the biggest city