Simonetta Sommaruga
| Simonetta Sommaruga | |
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| President of Switzerland | |
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In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 |
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| Vice President | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Vice President of Switzerland | |
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In office 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014 |
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| President | Didier Burkhalter |
| Preceded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Succeeded by | Johann Schneider-Ammann |
| Head of the Department of Justice and Police | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 May 1960 Zug, Switzerland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lukas Hartmann |
| Alma mater |
Lucerne University University of Fribourg |
Simonetta Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland who is a current member of the Swiss Federal Council, the federal government of Switzerland, and head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (the Swiss justice minister). She served as Vice President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 2014, and in 2015 succeeded to the role of President.
Born in Zug, Sommaruga grew up with two brothers and a sister in Sins, Aargau. She attended the gymnasium at Immensee, Schwyz and trained as a pianist at the Lucerne School of Music. From 1988 to 1991, she attended English and Romance studies at the University of Fribourg.
Sommaruga held the directorship of the Swiss Consumer Protection Foundation (Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz) from 1993 to 1999, which earned her public recognition in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. She has held the presidency of that foundation since 1999, and that of the aid organization Swissaid since 2003. She is also patron of SAFFA 2020, as well as the federal councillors Doris Leuthard, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and the former federal councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey.
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