1. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was born on 16 March 1956 and is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015.
11 Facts About Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 2012.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is the daughter of Federal Councillor Leon Schlumpf.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is the second Federal Councillor whose father had held the same office after Eugene Ruffy, as well as the sixth woman to be elected to the Swiss Federal Council.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is patron of the project SAFFA 2020, alongside the Federal Councillors Doris Leuthard, Simonetta Sommaruga and former Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf received her degree in law at the University of Zurich in 1981 and her LLD in 1990.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf worked as a lawyer from 1987 to 1998.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was elected to the district court of Trin in 1985, presiding from 1991 to 1997.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was named as an alternative candidate to Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher by the Christian Democrat, Social Democrat and Green factions in the 2007 Swiss Federal Council election.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf assumed Blocher's old portfolio as head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was elected vice president of the Confederation for 2011, alongside President Micheline Calmy-Rey.