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Pascal Couchepin
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Pascal Couchepin is a Swiss politician and member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. Born in Martigny in 1942, he served as President of the Swiss Confederation. He is a citizen of Switzerland and has worked in Bern. Couchepin is a male who speaks German and adheres to the Catholic Church. He has three children and was educated at the University of Lausanne.
He has received the award of Officer of the Legion of Honour. As an author, he has written works including *Je crois a lþaction politique*, *Je crois à l'action politique*, and *La Suisse romande coule-t-elle?*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1942
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Je crois a lþaction politique
- Je crois à l'action politique
- La Suisse romande coule-t-elle?
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,161x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
- FieldTrip: Open Source Software for Advanced Analysis of MEG, EEG, and Invasive Electrophysiological Data
· 2011 · cited 9,472x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,234x
- 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
· 2017 · cited 7,917x
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Hans-Rudolf Merz
- Preceded by
- Micheline Calmy-Rey
- Succeeded by
- Hans-Rudolf Merz
- President
- Micheline Calmy-Rey
- Born
- ( 1942-04-05 ) 5 April 1942 (age 84) , Martigny , Switzerland
- Party
- Free Democratic Party
- Spouse
- Brigitte Rendu
- Alma mater
- University of Lausanne
- Profession
- Lawyer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pascal
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Martigny
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of the Swiss Confederation
- Educated at
- University of Lausanne
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Pascal Couchepin, 2009.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Bern
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- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Martigny
- Commons category
- Pascal Couchepin
- date of birth
- 1942-04-05
- Commons gallery
- Pascal Couchepin
- name in native language
- Pascal Couchepin
- P10632
- Pascal Couchepin
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Encyclopedic overview
Pascal Couchepin ( French pronunciation: [paskal kuʃpɛ̃]; born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008. Couchepin headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and Federal Department of Home Affairs from 2003 until 2009.
Biography
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