Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014
Preceded by
Leonid Kozhara
Succeeded by
Ivica Dačić
President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014
Vice President
Simonetta Sommaruga
Preceded by
Ueli Maurer
Succeeded by
Simonetta Sommaruga
Vice President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013
President
Ueli Maurer
Preceded by
Ueli Maurer
Succeeded by
Simonetta Sommaruga
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 January 2012 – 31 October 2017
Preceded by
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Succeeded by
Ignazio Cassis
Head of the Department of Home Affairs
In office 1 November 2009 – 31 December 2011
Preceded by
Pascal Couchepin
Succeeded by
Alain Berset
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office 1 November 2009 – 31 October 2017
Preceded by
Pascal Couchepin
Succeeded by
Ignazio Cassis
Personal details
Born
Didier Eric Burkhalter
(1960-04-17) 17 April 1960 (age 64) Auvernier, Switzerland
Political party
Free Democratic Party (until 2009) FDP.The Liberals (since 2009)
Spouse
Friedrun Sabine Burkhalter
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Neuchâtel
Didier Eric Burkhalter (born 17 April 1960) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2014.
Burkhalter was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 September 2009; he succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs. From 1 January 2012 to 31 October 2017, he served as head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.[1] As President of the Swiss Confederation, he served as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2014. He left the Federal Council on 31 October 2017.[2]
^"Burkhalter wird Aussen-, Berset Innenminister". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^"Didier Burkhalter passe le témoin à Ignazio Cassis" (in French). 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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response to the developing crisis, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, DidierBurkhalter, proposed establishing a diplomatic contact group and an international...
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need for cooperation with Russia. While the Swiss Foreign Minister DidierBurkhalter proposed a neutral status for Ukraine, the Serbian Foreign Minister...
authorities. On March 11, the OSCE chair, Switzerland's Foreign Minister DidierBurkhalter, declared the referendum as unconstitutional and therefore the OSCE...
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