Swiss lawmakers set to elect defence minister as president

Geneva (AFP) Dec 13, 2023

Swiss lawmakers are expected Wednesday to elect Viola Amherd, the first woman to serve as Swiss defence minister, as the country's next president, and also pick a new cabinet. Seats in the seven-member government, known as the Federal Council, are distributed among Switzerland's four main parties, and rarely shift hands. But with current President Alain Berset due to step down at the end