Doris Leuthard
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Doris Leuthard is a Swiss lawyer and politician who served on the Swiss Federal Council, the country's seven-member executive branch, from 2006 to 2018. She matters as a significant figure in Swiss politics during a formative period in the country's recent history.
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- 1963-04-10
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- Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges
· 2006 · cited 7,003x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,459x
- Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis
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Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017. Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs until 2010, when she became head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. As of 19 December 2019 she is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Stadler Rail.
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1963 births20th-century Roman Catholics20th-century Swiss women politicians21st-century Roman Catholics21st-century Swiss women politicians21st-century women presidentsAgriculture ministers of SwitzerlandChristian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politiciansFemale heads of stateLiving peopleMembers of the Federal Council (Switzerland)