Talk:Chancellor of Switzerland

Gottlieb Ringier was probably born in 1837 not 1937. I can't figure out how to edit the table, so someone else will have to do it.

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Chancellor's term of office

Does the Chancellor have a fixed term of office ? How often are elections to appoint a new Chancellor held ?

• The term is 4 years, elections are held during the same day as the Federal Council itself. MLauba (talk) 17:56, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

FDP

I notice on the list that almost all the chancellors seem to come from the FDP? I can't imagine this is purely by chance so I was wondering if someone could explain this? --CTerry 20:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

The FDP (and its liberal and radical precedents) was dominating Swiss politics since its foundation in 1848. The first Federal Counciler (minister) not belonging to the their camp was not elected until 1892. The FDP hold a (absolute) majority in parliament until 1919, and in federal council until 1943 and continued to be the moust powerful and influential party until well into the 1990ies.--85.6.2.220 (talk) 19:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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Is the Chancellor like Speaker in the Commonwealth?

The article does not really make clear what the role of the Chancellor is. Its not clear if they are a head of state or what. The best I can gather is that they are an intermediary between the Federal Council and the Assembly, which is kind of like the Speaker of Parliament role in the Commonwealth, where the Speaker is supposed to bring the wishes of Parliament to the King. If this is correct, then it should be mentioned somehow to help explain it better.--Metallurgist (talk) 16:46, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

The Federal Council as a group is the head of state. The chancellor is their chief of staff. No relationship with the Speaker. MLauba ^(Talk) 20:55, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Election

We need an "Election" section explaining how a candidate for this office is nominated, who is and isn't eligible, what electoral system is used, etc. And this should be the first section. --Criticalthinker (talk) 06:24, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Nevermind. I was able to find the answer. --Criticalthinker (talk) 11:12, 27 September 2021 (UTC)