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The President of the Confederation ((ドイツ語:Bundespräsident(in) der Eidgenossenschaft), (フランス語:Président(e) de la Confédération), (イタリア語:Presidente della Confederazione), (ロマンシュ語:President(a) da la Confederaziun)) is the presiding member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's executive. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the ''President of the Confederation'' chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. ''Primus inter pares'', the President has no powers over and above the other six Councillors and continues to head his or her department. Traditionally the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's Vice President becomes President. As first among equals, the Federal Council member serving as President of the Confederation is not considered the Swiss head of State. Rather, the entire Federal Council is considered a collective Head of State. The constitutional provisions relating to the organisation of the Federal Government and Federal Administration are set out in section 1 of Chapter 3 of the Swiss Federal Constitution〔(Federal constitution of the Swiss Confederation, in English )〕 at articles 174 to 179. Article 176 specifically relates to the Presidency. ==Competencies== The Swiss President is not – as are, for example, the Presidents in Austria or Germany – the head of state of the country: under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the Federal Council doubles as a collective head of state and head of government. If a tied vote occurs in the council (which does not happen too often, the number of Federal Councillors being an odd number), the President, being its Chair, casts the deciding vote. In addition to the control of his or her own Department, the President carries out some of the representative duties that are normally carried out by a single head of state in other democracies. At first this was only the case inside Switzerland, where the President gave speeches on the New Year and the Swiss National Holiday (1 August). More recently, added foreign visits means that the President also often travels abroad; previously, the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs handled most of those visits. However, because the Swiss have no single head of state, the country also carries out no state visits. When traveling abroad, the President does so only in their capacity as head of his or her department. Visiting heads of state are received by the seven members of the Federal Council together, rather than by the President of the Confederation. Treaties are signed on behalf of the full Council, with all Federal Council members signing letters of credence and other documents of the kind. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「President of the Swiss Confederation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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