{"id":"doris-leuthard","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-leuthard","language":"en","name":"Doris Leuthard","name_en":"Doris Leuthard","name_ne":null,"description":"Lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)","headline":"Lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Doris Leuthard is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2010 and 2017. Leuthard headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs until 2010, when she became head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. As of 19 December 2019 she is a member of the board of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Stadler Rail.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 April 1963","date":"1963-04-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Merenschwand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64755"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Switzerland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Christian Democratic People's Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659461"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Zurich","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206702"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688230","start":"2017-01-01","end":"2017-12-31"},{"text":"Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25550811","start":"2016-01-01","end":"2016-12-31"},{"text":"President of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688230","start":"2010-01-01","end":"2010-12-31"},{"text":"Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 2009 – 31 December 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25550811","start":"2009-01-01","end":"2009-12-31"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1 August 2006 – 31 December 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11811941","start":"2006-08-01","end":"2018-12-31"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss National Council (6 December 1999 – 13 June 2006)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18510612","start":"1999-12-06","end":"2006-06-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Leuthard","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Doris Leuthard born?","a":"Doris Leuthard was born on 10 April 1963 in Merenschwand."},{"q":"What positions has Doris Leuthard held?","a":"Positions held by Doris Leuthard include: President of the Swiss Confederation (2017–2017); Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (2016–2016); President of the Swiss Confederation (2010–2010); Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (2009–2009); Member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006–2018)."},{"q":"Where did Doris Leuthard study?","a":"Doris Leuthard was educated at University of Zurich."}],"related":[{"name":"Adolf Deucher","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-deucher"},{"name":"Adrien Lachenal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adrien-lachenal"},{"name":"Johann Schneider-Ammann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/johann-schneider-ammann"},{"name":"Jonas Furrer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jonas-furrer"},{"name":"Philipp Etter","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philipp-etter"},{"name":"Johann Jakob Scherer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/johann-jakob-scherer"},{"name":"Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/eveline-widmer-schlumpf"},{"name":"Kaspar Villiger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kaspar-villiger"},{"name":"Moritz Leuenberger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/moritz-leuenberger"},{"name":"Pascal Couchepin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pascal-couchepin"},{"name":"Didier Burkhalter","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/didier-burkhalter"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/doris-leuthard-7e80f12daa.jpg","width":500,"height":616,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Padawan27","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_Leuthard_an_der_DV_der_CVP_Schweiz_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Doris Leuthard","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Leuthard","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q115442","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115442","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Doris Leuthard an der DV der CVP Schweiz (cropped).jpg by Padawan27 (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_Leuthard_an_der_DV_der_CVP_Schweiz_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Doris Leuthard, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Doris Leuthard an der DV der CVP Schweiz (cropped).jpg — Padawan27, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Doris Leuthard\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/doris-leuthard. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-leuthard","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/doris-leuthard","ne":null}}