National
President of the Council of States
- French: Président du Conseil des États
- German: Ständeratspräsident
- Italian: Presidente del Consiglio degli Stati
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the council from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the Council of States from among its members for one year (Federal Constitution Art. 152).
- Chosen by
- Council of States
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Stefan Engler Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
Sources
- fedlex.admin.ch · checked Federal Chancellery / Fedlex, Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (SR 101), read 2026-10-12: sizes and selection of the offices (Art. 149, 150, 152, 168, 175, 176, 188). Federal Supreme Court size from Federal Supreme Court Act (SR 173.110) Art. 1. For: President of the Council of States
- fedlex.admin.ch · checked Federal Constitution (authentic German, French, Italian texts; Romansh translation), read 2026-10-12; party names from parlament.ch web service MemberCouncil (Party names, DE/FR), read 2026-10-12. For: President of the Council of States in French, President of the Council of States in German, President of the Council of States in Italian
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Presiding officer for 2025/26 from Wikipedia lists of presidents of the National Council and the Council of States, read 2026-10-12. Fallback: parlament.ch pages were unreachable (HTTP 404 on guessed URLs); cross-checked that the person is an active member in the parlament.ch MemberCouncil data. For: Stefan Engler, current term
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