Micheline Calmy-Rey
Micheline Calmy-Rey | |
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Official portrait, 2011 | |
| President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Vice President | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| Preceded by | Doris Leuthard |
| Succeeded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007 | |
| Vice President | Pascal Couchepin |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Couchepin |
| Vice President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2010 | |
| President | Doris Leuthard |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf |
| In office 1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006 | |
| President | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Preceded by | Moritz Leuenberger |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Couchepin |
| Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Deiss |
| Succeeded by | Didier Burkhalter |
| Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Dreifuss |
| Succeeded by | Alain Berset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1945 Sion, Switzerland |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | André Calmy |
| Alma mater | Graduate Institute of International Studies |
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2007 and 2011.