as elected members of the FederalAssembly. Thecantonal legislatures are elected for four years, except in Fribourg, Vaud, Geneva and Jura, which elect...
There are 300 municipalities in thecantonofVaud, Switzerland, (as of January 2022[update]). Vaud is thecanton with the 2nd most municipalities (after...
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 20 October 2019 to elect all membersof both houses oftheFederalAssembly. This was followed by the 2019...
(formally République et canton de Genève, 'Republic and cantonof Geneva'), Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais, Vaud and Ticino. In the 16th century, the Old Swiss Confederacy...
Courthouse in Lausanne in thecantonofVaud. The two social security divisions oftheFederal Supreme Court (formerly Federal Insurance Court, as an organizationally...
consisted of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance (and ruling over subject territories such as Vaud), was invaded by the French Revolutionary...
of the new cantonsof St. Gallen, Aargau, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud and Geneva. The new cantonal constitutions in many cases served as precedents for the later...
country's seven-member executive. Elected by theFederalAssembly for one year, the President ofthe Confederation chairs the meetings oftheFederal Council...
These counts by canton do not take in account the varying number ofmembersofthe National Council per canton (in 2005: 1-34 members). National Council...
assemblies known as Landsgemeinden. Thecantonal governments consist of either five or seven members, depending on thecanton. For the names ofthe institutions...
2013, theCantonof Geneva, the Nyon District (in thecantonofVaud), and the Pôle métropolitain du Genevois français (lit. 'Metropolitan hub ofthe French...
Department of Justice and Police. Federal councillor Alain Berset from Fribourg (Retiring) Federal councillor Guy Parmelin fromVaudFederal councillor...
Politics of Switzerland Listof political parties by country Includes seats held by the FDP and by the Liberal Party in Vaud and Valais where cantonal parties...
at the time. Guy Parmelin, ofthe SVP, was ultimately elected on 9 December. Parmelin, a farmer and winegrower from Bursins in cantonVaud, was the first...
(42%), cantonof Neuchâtel (38%), cantonof Geneva (35%), cantonofVaud (26%), or Zürich city (city: >25%; canton: 23%). The earliest forms of literature...
December: Election of the Federal Council The 200 membersofthe National Council are elected fromthe 26 cantons, each of which constitutes a constituency...
between thecantons based on population), also known as the lower chamber TheFederalAssembly convenes to elect themembersoftheFederal Council. The two...