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The Swiss order of precedence is a hierarchy of important positions within the government of Switzerland. It has no legal standing but is used by ceremonial protocol.
The order of precedence is determined by the Protocol Reglement12 and the Table of Precedence3 of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The upper part of the list reads as follows:
Swiss Order of Precedence
- President of the Confederation (2009: Hans-Rudolf Merz)
- Vice-President of the Federal Council (2009: Doris Leuthard)
- Federal Councillors in the order of their election by the Federal Assembly (2009: Moritz Leuenberger, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Doris Leuthard, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Ueli Maurer,)
- The General (elected only in case of war)
- President of the National Council (2008/2009: Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi)
- President of the Council of States (2008/2009: Alain Berset)
- Chancellor of the Confederation (Since 2008: Corina Casanova)
- President of the Federal Supreme Court (2007/2008: Arthur Aeschlimann)
- Former Federal Councillors in order of election (as of 2008: Pierre Aubert, Leon Schlumpf, Rudolf Friedrich, Alphons Egli, Otto Stich, Elisabeth Kopp, Flavio Cotti, Arnold Koller, Adolf Ogi, René Felber, Kaspar Villiger, Ruth Dreifuss, Ruth Metzler, Joseph Deiss, Christoph Blocher)
- Presidents of the cantonal governments in the order given in the Constitution.
- Cardinals, Members of the Council of the Swiss Union of Evangelical Churches, and Grand Rabbis
- First and Second Vice Presidents of the National Council (2007/2008: Pascale Bruderer, Jean-René Germanier)
- First and Second Vice Presidents of the Council of States (2007/2008: Erika Forster, Hansheiri Inderkum)
- Vice President of the Federal Supreme Court (2007: Susanne Leuzinger-Naef)
- Bishops
- Secretaries of State
- Members of the National Council in order of election
- Members of the Council of States in order of election
- Judges of the Federal Supreme Court
References
- ^ (French) Le règlement protocolaire de la Confédération
- ^ Protocol Regulations for the Swiss Confederation, unofficial translation.
- ^ (French) Préséance en Suisse, table of precedence.
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 13 February 2008.
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