Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (born 1 December 1950 in Wetzikon) is a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
 Formerly head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (the Swiss defence minister), Maurer has been the head of the Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance minister) since January 1, 2016.
Alain Berset (born 9 April 1972) is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party.
 Since 1 January 2012, he is a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the seven member Swiss government, and head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (the Swiss interior minister).
 Before being elected to the Federal Council in December 2011, he was a member of the Swiss Council of States for the Canton of Fribourg since 2003, serving as the chamber's president during the 2008/2009 term.
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, German: "Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten" , French: "Département fédéral des affaires étrangères" , Italian: "Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri" , Romansh: "" ), so named since 1979, is one of the seven Departments of the Swiss government federal administration of Switzerland, and corresponds in its range of tasks to the ministry of foreign affairs in other countries.
 The Department is always headed by one of the members of the Swiss Federal Council.
 As of 2012, the department is headed by Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter.
Rudolf Friedrich (4 July 1923 – 15 October 2013) was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1982–1984).
 He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 8 December 1982 and, for health reason, resigned his office on 20 October 1984.
 He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.
 During his office time he held the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942 in Martigny, Valais) is a Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1998–2009) and President of the Confederation in 2003 and 2008.
 He headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Swiss interior ministry) from 2003 to 2009.
Alphons Egli (8 October 1924 – 5 August 2016) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–86).
 He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1982 and handed over office on 31 December 1986.
 He was affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
 During his time in office he held the Federal Department of Home Affairs and was President of the Confederation in 1986.
 Egli was a citizen of Entlebuch and Lucerne.
The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA, German: "Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern" , French: "Département fédéral de l'intérieur" , Italian: "Dipartimento federale dell'interno" , Romansh: "" ) is a department of the federal administration of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss ministry of the interior.
 As of 2012, it is headed by Federal Councillor Alain Berset.
Felix Louis Calonder (December 7, 1863 – June 14, 1952) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1913 to 1920, and President of the Confederation in 1918.
 He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.
 During his tenure of office, he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1913 to 1917, and the Political Department from 1918 to 1919.
 As of 2017, Felix Calonder has been the Federal Council's only native Romansh speaker.
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.
Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist, Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC).
 From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading first the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (1999–2002) and then the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (2003–2006).
 He was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 65th session in 2010.

Question: Before the current head of Federal Department of Home Affairs was elected to the Federal Council, what did he do? 
Answer: member of the Swiss Council of States