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An election for all seven members of the Federal Council, the government of Switzerland, was held on 14 December 2011, following the federal election on 23 October 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Electoral Calendar -worldwide elections- http://www.mherrera.org/elections.html )〕 Micheline Calmy-Rey announced she will not run for re-election to the council. According to a traditional informal convention, the successor has to come from the French-speaking or Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The candidates for her post announced by their respective cantonal sections are Alain Berset (Fribourg), Pierre-Yves Maillard (Vaud), Stéphane Rossini (Valais), and Marina Carobbio (Ticino). Berset and Maillard were favourites. Jean Studer, Liliane Maury Pasquier and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider declined to stand in the election.〔 In the end, the SP decided to nominate Berset and Maillard. Apart from Calmy-Rey's successor, the controversial aspects of the election included, whether the SVP would hold their seat or gain another, which they had lost after one of their incumbents defected to the BDP; and whether the CVP or the FDP would gain the second seat held by the FDP, which both lay claim to. The SVP's possible candidates are Heinz Tännler (Zug), Bruno Zuppiger (Zürich), Jakob Stark (Thurgau), Guy Parmelin (Vaud) and Hannes Germann (Schaffhausen). Jean-François Rime (Fribourg) was unofficially nominated, as well. Rime and Zuppiger were nominated as the SVP's candidates; after a scandal involving Zuppiger's professional activities emerged very shortly after the nomination meeting, Hansjörg Walter (Thurgau) was nominated in his stead. ==Candidates== The following candidates participated in the election: *Incumbents, in descending order of seniority: * *Doris Leuthard (CVP), from Aargau, head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, * *Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (BDP), from Grisons, head of the Federal Department of Finance, * *Ueli Maurer (SVP), from Zurich, head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, * *Didier Burkhalter (FDP), from Neuchâtel, head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, * *Simonetta Sommaruga (SPS), from Bern, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, * *Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP), from Bern, head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, (Micheline Calmy-Rey (SPS), from Geneva, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs decided not to seek re-election) *Other candidates nominated by their party: * * Alain Berset (SPS), from Fribourg, a member of the Council of States, was nominated by his party to contest the election of the former Micheline Calmy-Rey's seat. * * Jean-François Rime (SVP), from Fribourg, a member of the National Council, was nominated by his party to contest the election of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf's, Simonetta Sommaruga's, Johann Schneider-Ammann's and the former Micheline Calmy-Rey's seats. * * Hansjörg Walter (SVP), from Thurgau, a member of the National Council, was nominated by his party to contest the election of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf's seat. * * Pierre-Yves Maillard (SPS), from Vaud, a member of the Council of State of Vaud, was nominated by his party to contest the election of the former Micheline Calmy-Rey's seat. *Other candidates receiving at least 10 votes: * * Luc Recordon (GPS), from Vaud, a member of the Council of States * * Marina Carobbio (SPS), from Ticino, a member of the National Council 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「Swiss Federal Council election, 2011」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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