Didier Burkhalter
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology
· 2003 · cited 10,370x
- Electronic Confinement and Coherence in Patterned Epitaxial Graphene
· 2006 · cited 5,094x
- Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors
· 2018 · cited 4,877x
- 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
· 2017 · cited 4,804x
- INFOGEST static in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal food digestion
· 2019 · cited 4,381x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Leonid Kozhara
- Succeeded by
- Ivica Dačić
- Vice president
- Simonetta Sommaruga
- President
- Ueli Maurer
- Born
- Didier Eric Burkhalter , ( 1960-04-17 ) 17 April 1960 (age 66) , Auvernier , Switzerland
- Party
- Free Democratic Party (until 2009), FDP.The Liberals (since 2009)
- Spouse
- Friedrun Sabine Burkhalter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
- Alma mater
- University of Neuchâtel
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 April 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Neuchâtel
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- University of Neuchâtel
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Didier Burkhalter 2011.jpg
Article
Didier Eric Burkhalter (born 17 April 1960) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2014.
Burkhalter was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 September 2009; he succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs. From 1 January 2012 to 31 October 2017, he served as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. As President of the Swiss Confederation, he served as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2014. He left the Federal Council on 31 October 2017.
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