Swiss Parliament Elects Economy Chief Parmelin as President
Summarize this article with:
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Switzerland’s parliament elected Economy Minister Guy Parmelin as the country’s president for 2026, succeeding Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter.Parmelin will take up a role that is rotated among the seven members of the Federal Council. He was vice president this year, and will now assume the head of state position because it is his turn.
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who will be his deputy, will then become president in 2027.