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Kaspar Villiger

Kaspar Villiger
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
1 February 1989 – 31 December 2003
Preceded byElisabeth Kopp
Succeeded byHans-Rudolf Merz
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 1995 – 31 December 1995
Vice PresidentJean-Pascal Delamuraz
Preceded byOtto Stich
Succeeded byJean-Pascal Delamuraz
In office
1 January 2002 – 31 December 2002
Vice PresidentPascal Couchepin
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Succeeded byPascal Couchepin
Minister of the Military
In office
1 February 1989 – 31 December 1995
Preceded byArnold Koller
Succeeded byAdolf Ogi
Minister of Finance
In office
1 January 1996 – 31 December 2003
Preceded byOtto Stich
Succeeded byHans-Rudolf Merz
4th Vice President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001
PresidentMoritz Leuenberger
Preceded byMoritz Leuenberger
Succeeded byPascal Couchepin
Personal details
Born (1941-02-05) 5 February 1941 (age 83)
Pfeffikon, Lucerne, Switzerland
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Spouse
Vera Preisig
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(m. 1973)​
Children2
Alma materOld Cantonal School Aarau
ETH Zurich
ProfessionMechanical engineer

Kaspar Villiger[1] (/fiːlɪɡɛr/FEELIGER; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, former tobacco manufacturer and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) since 1 February 1989 for The Liberals. Villiger served two terms as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1995 and again in 2002. He previously served on the Council of States (Switzerland) from 1987 to 1989 and on the National Council (Switzerland) from 1982 to 1987.[2]

Villiger was best known for his involvement into the Swissair bankruptcy in 2001, when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force, which ultimately failed.[3][4] Between 2009 and 2012, Villiger was appointed chairman of UBS.[5][6][7] He has also served on the board of directors at Nestlé,[8] Swiss Re[9] and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.[10] He currently is the chairman of the UBS Foundation of Economics in Society, which invested 100 million Swiss Francs in the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich.[11] He was a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation in 2004.[12]

  1. ^ "Kaspar Villiger in Muri b. Bern - Auskünfte". Moneyhouse (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (19 November 2001). "Swissair Rescue Plan Approved". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Task force to devise emergency rescue plan for Swissair". SWI swissinfo.ch. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ Bruppacher, Balz; Press, The Associated (4 March 2009). "UBS taps former Swiss president as new chairman". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Kaspar Villiger tritt vorzeitig zurück". 20 Minuten (in German). 15 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ "UBS Picks Former Swiss Finance Minister as Chairman". The New York Times. Bloomberg. 5 March 2009. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ Tagesschau - Villiger ist Nestlé Verwaltungsrat - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 25 March 2023
  9. ^ uhg. "Kaspar Villiger wird Swiss-Re-Verwaltungsrat | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. ^ admin (5 February 2004). "Kaspar Villiger soll wieder in NZZ-Verwaltungsrat". Werbewoche m&k (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  11. ^ "About". www.ubscenter.uzh.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Kaspar Villiger | Global Leadership Foundation". Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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