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Delen
hoofdstad |
Bern |
|---|---|
staatshoofd |
President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (vanaf 1 januari 2012); Vicepresident Ueli Maurer (vanaf 1 januari 2012) |
regeringsleider |
President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (vanaf 1 januari 2012) |
aantal inwoners |
7.639.961 |
|---|---|
% van de bevolking jonger dan 15 |
15.2% (mannen: 602894/vrouwen: 560175) |
% van de bevolking van 15 t/m 64 |
67.8% (mannen: 2612557/vrouwen: 2569318) |
% van de bevolking 65 jaar en ouder |
17% (mannen: 543074/vrouwen: 751943) |
gemiddelde levensverwachting |
81.07 jaar |
geletterdheid |
99% |
bruto binnenlands product |
$340,5 miljard |
|---|---|
bijdrage van landbouw aan bbp |
1.2% |
bijdrage van industrie aan bbp |
27.5% |
bijdrage van dienstensector aan bbp |
71.3% |
werkloosheid |
3.1% |
oppervlakte |
41.277 km² |
|---|---|
laagste punt |
Lake Maggiore 195 m |
hoogste punt |
Dufourspitze 4634 m |
Titel: Swiss Psalm
30.01.2012
Former president of the Council of State of Valais (1980-81, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1992-93) Hans Wyer dies.
01.01.2012
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf takes office as president, Didier Burkhalter as foreign minister, and Alain Berset as interior minister. Georges Godel becomes president of the Council of State of Fribourg, Barbara Janom Steiner president of the government of Graubünden, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider president of the government of Jura, Yvonne Schärli-Gerig president of the government of Luzern, Ursula Hafner-Wipf president of the government of Schaffhausen, and Peter Gomm Landammann of Solothurn.
14.12.2011
Parliament elects Alain Berset as new member of the Federal Council. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is elected as president for 2012 (174 of 239 votes) and Ueli Maurer as vice-president (122 of 170 votes). In the redistribution of portfolios on December 16, Berset is designated interior minister and Didier Burkhalter foreign minister.
07.12.2011
Pierre-François Unger becomes president of the Council of State of Genève.
23.10.2011
In parliamentary elections, the Swiss People's Party wins 26.6% of the vote (54 of 200 seats), the Social Democratic Party 18.7% (46), the Liberal-Democratic Party 15.1% (30), the Christian Democratic People's Party 12.3% (28), the Greens 8.4% (15), the Green Liberals 5.4% (12), and the Civic Democratic Party 5.4% (9). Turnout is 49.1%.
