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Moritz Leuenberger
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Moritz Leuenberger is a Swiss politician and lawyer born in Biel/Bienne in 1946. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and has served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council. His roles have included heading the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications and serving as President of the Swiss Confederation. He has worked in Bern and Zurich.
Leuenberger was educated at the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz and the University of Zurich. He speaks Swiss High German and Swiss German. He resides in Zurich and has a municipal affiliation with Rohrbach. He holds an honorary doctorate and has two children. His name in his native language is Moritz Leuenberger.
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Micheline Calmy-Rey
- Preceded by
- Samuel Schmid
- Succeeded by
- Micheline Calmy-Rey
- President
- Doris Leuthard
- Born
- ( 1946-09-21 ) 21 September 1946 (age 79) , Biel , Switzerland
- Party
- Social Democratic Party
- Spouse
- Gret Loewensberg
- Alma mater
- University of Zurich
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Official website
Moritz Leuenberger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Biel/Bienne
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- President of the Swiss Confederation
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Languages spoken
- Swiss German
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- www.moritzleuenberger.ch
- Image
- Moritz Leuenberger, 2010.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Zurich
- Residence
- Zurich
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- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Rohrbach
- Commons category
- Moritz Leuenberger
- date of birth
- 1946-09-21
- name in native language
- Moritz Leuenberger
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P10632
- Moritz Leuenberger
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Encyclopedic overview
Moritz Leuenberger (born 21 September 1946) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2001 and 2006. Leuenberger headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications for the whole of his tenure as a Federal Councillor.
Career
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