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Samuel Schmid
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Adolf Ogi
- Succeeded by
- Ueli Maurer
- Vice president
- Moritz Leuenberger
- President
- Joseph Deiss
- Born
- ( 1947-01-08 ) 8 January 1947 (age 79) , Rüti bei Büren , Switzerland
- Party
- Swiss People's Party (before 2008), Conservative Democratic Party (2008–2020), The Centre (2021–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- Schmid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Rüti bei Büren
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Bern
- Political party
- Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland
- Languages spoken
- Swiss German
- Native language
- Swiss German
- Image
- BR-Samuel-Schmid.jpg
- Work location
- Bern
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- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Attiswil
- Commons category
- Samuel Schmid
- date of birth
- 1947-01-08
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- Samuel Schmid
- name in native language
- Samuel Schmid
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- Samuel Schmid
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Encyclopedic overview
Samuel Schmid (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense minister for Switzerland).
Schmid was born in Rüti bei Büren, Canton of Bern. He was elected to the Federal Council on 6 December 2000. He was a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), and is now a member of The Centre. During his time in office he has held the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. In 2004, he was the vice-President of the Confederation and President in 2005.
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