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Alain Berset
Alain Berset is a Swiss politician and economist who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2012 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs from when he took office. Berset served as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2018 and 2023.
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politics · Swiss Federal Councillor from 2012 to 2023 · economist · politician · political scientist · also Alain Berset, Berset
Born 9 April 1972 · Q123939
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2026· 3 entries
Bluewin: Alain Berset makes an urgent appeal to Europe
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Bluewin: Alain Berset warns urgently against a new Cold War
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2024· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2024).
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2023· 4 entries
Swissinfo: Alain Berset: in photos
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AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: Swiss Confederation President Alain Berset Says SADC Is an Important Regional Bloc Worth Associating With
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Swissinfo: Alain Berset : I faced unprecedented brutality
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Career landmark: President of the Swiss Confederation (2023–2024).
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2022· 2 entries
Anadolu Ajansi: Alain Berset to assume Swiss presidency in 2023
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Career landmark: Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (2022–2022).
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2018· 2 entries
World Bank: Alain Berset
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Career landmark: President of the Swiss Confederation (2018–2018).
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2017· 2 entries
Yahoo: Parliament confirms Socialist Berset as next Swiss president
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Career landmark: Vice president of the Swiss Confederation (2017–2017).
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Swiss Federal Council (2012–2023).
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Swiss Council of States (2008–2009).
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2007· 1 entry
Was elected the States Council's vice president in 2007–2008; he subsequently served as the body's president in 2008–2009
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2003· 2 entries
Was elected to the Swiss Council of States from the canton of Fribourg as a member of the Social Democratic Party becoming the youngest member of the Council of States, as well as the party's parliamentary group's vic
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Career landmark: Member of the Swiss Council of States (2003–2011).
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2002· 1 entry
Became a strategic consultant to the Department of Economic Affairs of the canton of Neuchâtel
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of a municipal parliament (2001–2003).
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2000· 1 entry
Became a member of the Constituent Assembly of the canton of Fribourg and president of its social democrat parliamentary group until 2004
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1996· 2 entries
And a PhD in economics in 2005 with a dissertation about the role of international migration upon local working conditions
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Berset studied political science and economics at the University of Neuchâtel, where he received a master's degree in political science in 1996 and a PhD in economics in 2005 with a dissertation about the role of international migration upon local working conditions.
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1995· 1 entry
Published “Use of a free radical method to evaluate antioxidant activity” in LWT - Food Science and Technology — cited 18,335 times.
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-04-09.
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