What key details about ruth dreifuss can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ruth dreifuss -lrb- born 9 january 1940 in st. gallen -rrb- is a swiss politician affiliated with the social democratic party . she was a member of the swiss federal council from 1993 to 2002 , representing the canton of geneva . she was elected to the swiss federal council on 10 march 1993 as the 100th member elected since the foundation of the federal state , the second woman to be elected to the council , and the only councillor with a jewish background so far . she was the president of the confederation in 1999 , the first woman to hold this position .
- residence is geneva , switzerland- president is flavio cotti- order is minister of home affairs- successor is micheline calmy-rey adolf ogi pascal couchepin adolf ogi- vicepresident is adolf ogi- party is social democratic party- predecessor is rene felber flavio cotti flavio cotti flavio cotti- office is member vice president of switzerland of the swiss federal council president of switzerland- term end is 31 31 december 1998 december 2002 31 december 1999 31 december 2002- term start is 1 1 january 1998 april 1993 1 january 1999 10 march 1993- birth date is 9 january 1940- name is ruth dreifuss- image is file cropped -rrb- . jpg : ruth dreifuss , president of switzerland -lrb-- birth place is st. gallen , switzerland- religion is jewish- alma mater is university of geneva