Head of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
In office 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2022
Preceded by
Doris Leuthard
Succeeded by
Albert Rösti
Head of the Department of Justice and Police
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2018
Preceded by
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Succeeded by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2022
Preceded by
Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider
Personal details
Born
Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga
(1960-05-14) 14 May 1960 (age 64) Zug, Switzerland
Political party
Social Democratic Party
Spouse
Lukas Hartmann
(m. 1996)
Alma mater
Lucerne University (without obtaining the degree)[1]
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Simonetta Myriam Sommaruga (born 14 May 1960)[2] is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015 and 2020.
A former director of the Consumer Protection Foundation, which merged into the Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations in 2010, Sommaruga has headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications since 2019, previously heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2010–2018).[3] She served as Vice President of Switzerland for 2014 and 2019. Sommaruga assumed the role of President of the Swiss Confederation in 2015, before returning to the position in 2020. She resides in the canton of Bern.
^Biography of Simonetta Sommaruga on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
^"Leuthard au DETEC, Widmer-Schlumpf aux finances". TSR Télévision Suisse Romande. SRG SSR. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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