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- Pascal_Couchepin abstract "Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942 in Martigny, Valais) is a Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1998–2009) and President of the Confederation in 2003 and 2008. He headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Swiss interior ministry) from 2003 to 2009.He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 11 March 1998 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the canton of Valais. In 1998 he took over the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, in which position he fought against the Swiss government contributing any money to the $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and Holocaust survivors. He was quoted as saying that "there is no reason for the Swiss Government to pay anything", as a government commission had shown "we did what was possible in the hard times of the war.". In 2003 he moved to the Federal Department of Home Affairs.He was the President of the Confederation in 2003. On 13 December 2006, he was elected vice-president of the Federal Council for 2007, and, on 12 December 2007 was elected President of the Confederation in 2008.Previously, he had been Deputy Mayor (1976) and Mayor of Martigny (since 1984) and, from 1979 to 1998, member of the National Council.Couchepin holds a DEA's degree in Law from the University of Lausanne, is father of three (2 daughters and a son) and has two grandchildren.During the Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy, he stated the Pope's speech was "intelligent and necessary."On 12 June 2009, Couchepin announced his resignation from the Federal Council effective 31 October 2009. This led to an election to fill his vacated seat.Pascal Couchepin is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today’s national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with Heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them.".
- Pascal_Couchepin almaMater University_of_Lausanne.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthDate "1942-04-05".
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Martigny.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Martigny,_Switzerland.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Switzerland.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthYear "1942".
- Pascal_Couchepin office "Head of theFederal Department of Economic Affairs".
- Pascal_Couchepin office "Head of theFederal Department of Home Affairs".
- Pascal_Couchepin office "Member of the Swiss Federal Council".
- Pascal_Couchepin office "President of Switzerland".
- Pascal_Couchepin office "Vice President of Switzerland".
- Pascal_Couchepin party Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland.
- Pascal_Couchepin predecessor Jean-Pascal_Delamuraz.
- Pascal_Couchepin predecessor Kaspar_Villiger.
- Pascal_Couchepin predecessor Micheline_Calmy-Rey.
- Pascal_Couchepin predecessor Ruth_Dreifuss.
- Pascal_Couchepin president Kaspar_Villiger.
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- Pascal_Couchepin religion Catholic_Church.
- Pascal_Couchepin successor Didier_Burkhalter.
- Pascal_Couchepin successor Hans-Rudolf_Merz.
- Pascal_Couchepin successor Joseph_Deiss.
- Pascal_Couchepin successor Ruth_Metzler.
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- Pascal_Couchepin wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pascal Couchepin".
- Pascal_Couchepin almaMater University_of_Lausanne.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthDate "1942-04-05".
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Martigny.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Martigny,_Switzerland.
- Pascal_Couchepin birthPlace Switzerland.
- Pascal_Couchepin children "3".