Karin Keller-Sutter

Karin Keller-Sutter
Official portrait, 2024
President of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2025
Vice President	Guy Parmelin
Preceded by	Viola Amherd
Vice President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
President	Viola Amherd
Preceded by	Viola Amherd
Succeeded by	Guy Parmelin
Swiss Federal Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Department	Justice and Police (2019–2022) Finance (2023–)
Preceded by	Johann Schneider-Ammann
President of the Council of States
In office 27 November 2017 – 26 November 2018
Preceded by	Ivo Bischofberger
Succeeded by	Jean-René Fournier
Personal details
Born	Karin Maria Sutter (1963-12-22) 22 December 1963 (age 61) Uzwil, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Political party	Free Democratic Party (until 2009) FDP. The Liberals (since 2009)
Spouse	Morten Keller ​ (m. 1989)​
Residence(s)	Wil, St. Gallen
Alma mater	Zurich University of Applied Sciences University of Fribourg
Signature
Website	Federal Department of Finance website

Karin Maria Keller-Sutter^[1] (Swiss Standard German: [ˈkaːriːn ˈkɛlər ˈzʊtər]; née Sutter; born 22 December 1963) is a Swiss politician who has served as President of the Swiss Confederation since 2025 and concurrently as a member of the Federal Council of Switzerland since 2019.

Keller-Sutter is a member of The Liberals and serves as the head of the Federal Department of Finance.^[2] She previously served on the Council of States (Switzerland) from 2011 to 2019 and from 2017 to 2018 as President of the Council of States. Before that she held several political roles on the cantonal and municipal level.

In 2023, Keller-Sutter was listed as one of the most influential women worldwide by the Financial Times.^[3] She was primarily credited for her engagement with the Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS.