(1964-05-23) 23 May 1964 (age 60) Sursee, Switzerland
Political party
Christian Democratic People's Party
Spouses
Lukas Metzler
(m. 1991; div. 2010)
[1]
Stephan Zimmermann
(m. 2015)
[1]
Alma mater
University of Fribourg
Ruth Metzler (born Arnold, 23 May 1964) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she headed the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
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RuthMetzler (born Arnold, 23 May 1964) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Christian...
opposition, Blocher was elected on 10 December 2003. He took the seat of RuthMetzler-Arnold, only the third federal councillor in history (and the first since...
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seven incumbents were running for re-election. Five were re-elected, but RuthMetzler lost in her re-election bid: the first time an incumbent Federal Councillor...
1993 1 October 1993 183 days Member of the collective head of state RuthMetzler Switzerland Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1 January 1999 31 December...
the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Franz Xaver Bischof: RuthMetzler (-Arnold) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary...
office. Not reelected (Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Ulrich Ochsenbein, RuthMetzler, Christoph Blocher) The office was previously declined by the first person...
Party and the Free Democratic Party. In the aftermath of the elections RuthMetzler-Arnold, one of the two Christian Democrats in the Federal Council was...
Ochsenbein 1854), Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel 1872) and twice in the 21st (RuthMetzler-Arnold 2003, Christoph Blocher 2007). Councillors once elected have the...
(president, until December) Kaspar Villiger RuthMetzler-Arnold Joseph Deiss Pascal Couchepin Moritz Leuenberger Ruth Dreifuss Samuel Schmid (from December)...
(president) Kaspar Villiger (until December), then Hans-Rudolf Merz RuthMetzler-Arnold (until December), then Christoph Blocher Joseph Deiss Samuel Schmid...
Bonvin Paul Chaudet Friedrich Traugott Wahlen Hans Schaffner 23 May – RuthMetzler-Arnold, politician 12 July – Beat Jans, politician 26 November – Vreni...
Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs 1989–1991 RuthMetzler, Federal Chancellor, Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1999–2003, Vice...
Federal Council on 11 March 1999, along with his erstwhile colleague RuthMetzler. Together with Adalbert Durrer and Remigio Ratti, he was one of three...
Moritz Leuenberger (president) Kaspar Villiger RuthMetzler-Arnold Joseph Deiss Pascal Couchepin Ruth Dreifuss Samuel Schmid 31 March–8 April – The 2001...
President of the Confederation and Interior Minister of Switzerland; RuthMetzler-Arnold becomes vice president; Claude Lässer becomes president of the...
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Friedrich 1984–1989: Elisabeth Kopp 1989–1999: Arnold Koller 1999–2003: RuthMetzler 2004–2007: Christoph Blocher 2008–2010: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf 2010-2018:...
Wales. May 21 – Rui Maria de Araújo, East Timorese politician May 23 – RuthMetzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council May 24 – Adrian Moorhouse...
Switzerland internship at the executive office of Federal councilor RuthMetzler in the early 2000s. After completing her studies in Political Science...
Germany or Austria, the Swiss use expressly feminine nouns (Bundesrätin RuthMetzler, Frieda U. wurde zur Primarschullehrerin gewählt) rather than the generic...
Alphons Egli 1983–1986 Elisabeth Kopp 1984–1989 Josef Escher 1950–1954 RuthMetzler 1999–2003 5 Ernst Wetter 1938–1943 Fridolin Anderwert 1875–1880 Fritz...