Micheline Calmy-Rey
| Micheline Calmy-Rey | |
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| President of Switzerland | |
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In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Vice President | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| Preceded by | Doris Leuthard |
| Succeeded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
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In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007 |
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| Vice President | Pascal Couchepin |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Couchepin |
| Vice President of Switzerland | |
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In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2010 |
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| President | Doris Leuthard |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
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In office 1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006 |
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| President | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Couchepin |
| Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Deiss |
| Succeeded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ruth Dreifuss |
| Succeeded by | Alain Berset |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 July 1945 Sion, Switzerland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | André Calmy |
| Alma mater | Graduate Institute of International Studies |
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician. She was member of the Swiss Federal Council and became Switzerland's foreign minister as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2011. She was Vice President of the Confederation in 2006 and 2010 and President in 2007 and 2011. She resigned her office as member of the Federal Council on 31 December 2011.
Calmy-Rey was born in Sion in the canton of Valais on 8 July 1945 to Charles and Adeline Rey. She received her diploma in 1963 in St. Maurice, and a Licence degree in political science at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, in 1968. While studying she married André Calmy, and they have two children.
Calmy-Rey established a small enterprise in the book distribution business. From 1981 to 1997 Calmy-Rey served as a representative in the Grand Conseil of the canton of Geneva as a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSS/SPS), and was president of the assembly during 1992–1993. She was president of the Geneva section of the party from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, Calmy-Rey was elected to the Conseil d'Etat of Geneva. In 2001, she became head of the Finance Department and president of the Conseil d'Etat of the canton.
She was elected on 4 December 2002 to the Federal Council, heading the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2011. Calmy-Rey is the fourth woman elected to the Federal Council in history. She was also elected Vice-President of Switzerland, a post she held for the calendar year of 2006 and the calendar year of 2010.
Calmy-Rey supports Switzerland joining the European Union and she is an Eminent Member of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation. The project SAFFA 2020 is also under her patronage and of the councillors (Bundesrat) Doris Leuthard, Simonetta Sommaruga and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
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