Micheline Calmy-Rey

Micheline Calmy-Rey
President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011
Vice President	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Preceded by	Doris Leuthard
Succeeded by	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007
Vice President	Pascal Couchepin
Preceded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Pascal Couchepin
Vice President of Switzerland
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 December 2010
President	Doris Leuthard
Preceded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
In office 1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006
President	Moritz Leuenberger
Preceded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Succeeded by	Pascal Couchepin
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011
Preceded by	Joseph Deiss
Succeeded by	Didier Burkhalter
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2011
Preceded by	Ruth Dreifuss
Succeeded by	Alain Berset
Personal details
Born	(1945-07-08) 8 July 1945 (age 78) Sion, Switzerland
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	André Calmy
Alma mater	Graduate Institute of International Studies

Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born 8 July 1945) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2007 and 2011.^[1]