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<title>
Switzerland: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Switzerland
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Swiss Confederation</l>
<l> conventional short form: Switzerland</l>
<l> local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German)
Confederation Suisse (French) Confederazione Svizzera
(Italian)</l>
<l> local short form: Schweiz (German) Suisse (French) Svizzera
(Italian)</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: SZ
</p>
<p>Type: federal republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Bern
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 26 cantons (cantons, singular -
canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian;
kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Ausser-Rhoden,
Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus,
Graubunden, Inner-Rhoden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden,
Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau,
Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
</p>
<p>Independence: 1 August 1291
</p>
<p>Constitution: 29 May 1874
</p>
<p>Legal system: civil law system influenced by customary law;
judicial review of legislative acts, except with respect to
federal decrees of general obligatory character; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Anniversary of the Founding of the Swiss
Confederation, 1 August (1291)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Free Democratic Party (FDP),
Bruno HUNZIKER, president; Social Democratic Party (SPS), Helmut
HUBACHER, chairman; Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP),
Eva SEGMULLER-WEBER, chairman; Swiss People's Party (SVP), Hans
UHLMANN, president; Green Party (GPS), Peter SCHMID, president;
Automobile Party (AP), DREYER; Alliance of Independents' Party
(LdU), Dr. Franz JAEGER, president; Swiss Democratic Party (SD),
NA; Evangelical People's Party (EVP), Max DUNKI, president;
Workers' Party (PdA; Communist), Jean SPIELMANN, general
secretary; Ticino League, leader NA; Liberal Party (LPS),
Gilbert COUTAU, president
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> Council of States: last held throughout 1991 (next to be
held NA 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(46 total) FDP 18, CVP 16, SVP 4, SPS 3, LPS 3, LdU 1, Ticino
League 1
</p>
<p> National Council: last held 20 October 1991 (next to be held
NA October 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(200 total) FDP 44, SPS 42, CVP 37, SVP 25, GPS 14, LPS 10, AP
8, LdU 6, SD 5, EVP 3, PdA 2, Ticino League 2, other 2
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, vice president, Federal Council
(German - Bundesrat, French - Conseil Federal, Italian -
Consiglio Federale)
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly (German -
Bundesversammlung, French - Assemblee Federale, Italian -
Assemblea Federale) consists of an upper council or Council of
States (German - Standerat, French - Conseil des Etats, Italian
- Consiglio degli Stati) and a lower council or National Council
(German - Nationalrat, French - Conseil National, Italian -
Consiglio Nazionale)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Federal Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: President Adolf OGI
(1993 calendar year; presidency rotates annually); Vice
President Otto STICH (term runs concurrently with that of
president)
</p>
<p>Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australian Group, BIS,
CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM (coopeating country), CSCE, EBRD, ECE,
EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-8, G-10, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, MTRC, NAM (guest),
NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, PCA, UN (observer), UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO, ZC
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Edouard BRUNNER</l>
<l> chancery: 2900 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 745-7900</l>
<l> FAX: (202) 387-2564</l>
<l> consulates general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles,
New York, and San Francisco</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph B. GILDENHORN</l>
<l> embassy: Jubilaeumstrasse 93, 3005 Bern</l>
<l> mailing address: use embassy street address</l>
<l> telephone: [41] (31) 437-011</l>
<l> FAX: [41] (31) 437-344</l>
<l> branch office: Geneva</l>
<l> consulate general: Zurich</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the
center that does not extend to the edges of the flag
</p></body></article></text>