Hans-Rudolf Merz
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| Hans-Rudolf Merz | |
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| In office January 1, 2004 – incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Kaspar Villiger |
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| Born | November 10 1942 Herisau, Switzerland |
| Political party | FDP/PRD |
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (since 2003). He is the head of the Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance minister) and Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation for 2008.
Born in Herisau, Switzerland, he studied at Hochschule St. Gallen and graduated in 1971 with a DEA's degree and as Dr. rer. publ.
From 1969 to 1974, he was party secretary of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) in St. Gallen. Since 1977 he worked as a management consultant.
In 1997, he was elected to the Swiss Council of States for the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes. He presided the finance committee and was a member of the foreign policy committee.
Merz was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 December 2003. At the time, he was on the board of directors of the Helvetia-Patria insurance company and Anova Holding. He was also member of the board of trustees of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation.
He is married and father of three sons.
[edit] Works
- Merz, Hans-Rudolf: Finanz- und Verwaltungsvermögen in öffentlich-rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Betrachtungsweise, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Staatsrechnungen der Kantone., St. Gallen 1971
- Merz, Hans-Rudolf: Die aussergewöhnliche Führungspersönlichkeit: Essay über Elativität und elative Persönlichkeit., Grüsch 1987. ISBN 3-7253-0297-9
- Merz, Hans-Rudolf: Der Landammann und weitere Erzählungen aus dem Appenzellerland, Herisau 1992. ISBN 3-85882-072-5
[edit] External links
- Profile of Hans-Rudolf Merz with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.
- Biography of Hans-Rudolf Merz on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (German)
| Preceded by Kaspar Villiger | Member of the Swiss Federal Council Since 2004 | Succeeded by None (Incumbent) |
Current Members of the Swiss Federal Council | |
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Moritz Leuenberger · Pascal Couchepin · Samuel Schmid · Micheline Calmy-Rey · Hans-Rudolf Merz · Doris Leuthard · Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Image:Coat of Arms of Switzerland.svg |
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