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Didier Burkhalter
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member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017
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Didier Burkhalter is a Swiss politician, economist, and author born in Auvernier, Neuchâtel, on April 17, 1960. He holds Swiss citizenship and is a member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland, also known as FDP.The Liberals. Burkhalter speaks both French and German, with French as his native language. He received his education at the University of Neuchâtel and has worked in Bern.
His political career includes serving as the President of the Swiss Confederation. He has been affiliated with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. Burkhalter has municipal affiliations with Neuchâtel and Sumiswald. As an author, he has published works including *Mer porteuse, Genève, canton suisse*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mer porteuse
- Genève, canton suisse
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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 5,102x
- Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors
· 2018 · cited 5,034x
- 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
· 2017 · cited 4,834x
- INFOGEST static in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal food digestion
· 2019 · cited 4,657x
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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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Encyclopedic overview
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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