Moritz Leuenberger

Moritz Leuenberger
President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006
Vice President	Micheline Calmy-Rey
Preceded by	Samuel Schmid
Succeeded by	Micheline Calmy-Rey
In office 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2001
Vice President	Kaspar Villiger
Preceded by	Adolf Ogi
Succeeded by	Kaspar Villiger
Vice President of Switzerland
In office 1 January 2010 – 1 November 2010
President	Doris Leuthard
Preceded by	Doris Leuthard
Succeeded by	Micheline Calmy-Rey
In office 1 January 2005 – 31 December 2005
President	Samuel Schmid
Preceded by	Samuel Schmid
Succeeded by	Micheline Calmy-Rey
In office 1 January 2000 – 1 December 2000
President	Adolf Ogi
Preceded by	Adolf Ogi
Succeeded by	Kaspar Villiger
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 November 2010
Preceded by	Otto Stich
Succeeded by	Simonetta Sommaruga
Head of the Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 November 2010
Preceded by	Adolf Ogi
Succeeded by	Doris Leuthard
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-21) 21 September 1946 (age 78) Biel, Switzerland
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Gret Loewensberg
Residence	Zürich
Alma mater	University of Zurich
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Moritz Leuenberger (born 21 September 1946) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2001 and 2006. Leuenberger headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications for the whole of his tenure as a Federal Councillor.