Doris Leuthard

**Doris Leuthard** (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss lawyer and politician. She was the President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017.

## Biography

Leuthard graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich, she took language courses in Paris and Calgary.

In 1989, she started her law practice.

From 1991 to 2006, she worked as a lawyer.

In 1997-2000, Leuthard was a member of the parliament of the canton of Aargau.

From 1999 to 2006, she was a member of the Swiss National Council.

Leuthard was a vice-chairman of the Christian Democratic People's Party in 2001-2004 and party chairman from 2004 to 2006.

On June 14, 2006, she was elected a member of the Federal Council and became the fifth woman in its history.

On August 1, 2006, Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs.

On November 1, 2010, she headed the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications.

In December 2008, Leuthard became Vice President of Switzerland, and in December 2009 she took a position of President.

On December 7, 2016, she was re-elected President of Switzerland.

Since 2019, Leuthard is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation.

## Other websites

- UVEK

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Doris Leuthard
- **image**: Doris Leuthard (Neu).jpg
- **office**: President of the Swiss Confederation
- **vicepresident**: Alain Berset
- **term start**: 1 January 2017
- **term end**: 31 December 2017
- **predecessor**: Johann Schneider-Ammann
- **successor**: Alain Berset
- **vicepresident1**: Moritz Leuenberger
Micheline Calmy-Rey
- **term start1**: 1 January 2010
- **term end1**: 31 December 2010
- **predecessor1**: Hans-Rudolf Merz
- **successor1**: Micheline Calmy-Rey
- **office2**: Federal Council (Switzerland), Vice President of Switzerland
- **president2**: Johann Schneider-Ammann
- **term start2**: 1 January 2016
- **term end2**: 1 January 2017
- **predecessor2**: Johann Schneider-Ammann
- **successor2**: Alain Berset
- **president3**: Hans-Rudolf Merz
- **term start3**: 1 January 2009
- **term end3**: 31 December 2009
- **predecessor3**: Hans-Rudolf Merz
- **successor3**: Moritz Leuenberger
- **office4**: Head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
- **term start4**: 1 November 2010
- **term end4**: 31 December 2018
- **predecessor4**: Moritz Leuenberger
- **successor4**: Simonetta Sommaruga
- **office5**: Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Department of Economic Affairs
- **term start5**: 1 August 2006
- **term end5**: 31 October 2010
- **predecessor5**: Joseph Deiss
- **successor5**: Johann Schneider-Ammann
- **office6**: List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Member of the Swiss Federal Council
- **term start6**: 1 August 2006
- **term end6**: 31 December 2018
- **predecessor6**: Joseph Deiss
- **successor6**: Viola Amherd
- **birth place**: Merenschwand, Switzerland
- **party**: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, Christian Democratic People's Party
- **spouse**: Roland Hausin
- **alma mater**: University of Zurich