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February 10, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
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2010 will go down in Swiss history books, as three women take on the three top leadership positions in Switzerland’s democratic government. Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, who heads the Department of Economic Affairs, will hold the position of President of the Swiss Confederation. (In Switzerland, the presidency is rotated annually among the seven elected members of the Swiss Federal Council). Two women also lead Switzerland’s two-house Parliament this year: Pascale Bruderer serves as Speaker of the National Council and Erika Forster-Vannini as Speaker of the Council of States. The representation of Swiss women in national politics has grown rapidly since Swiss women got the right to vote in federal elections in 1971. Switzerland now ranks in the top third of countries for the number of women in political institutions. Thirty percent of Swiss parliamentarians are women. The first woman president was Ruth Dreifuss in 1999.
Source: Swiss Embassy
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