Hans-Rudolf Merz Politician

Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and former member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was the head of the Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance minister) from 2004 to 2010 and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009. On 6 August 2010 Merz announced his resignation for October 2010.Born in Herisau, Switzerland, he studied at Hochschule St. Gallen and graduated in 1971 with a DEA's degree and as Dr. rer. publ.

Personal facts

Hans-Rudolf Merz
Birth dateNovember 10, 1942
Birth place
Switzerland , Herisau
Religion
Swiss Reformed Church
Education
University of St. Gallen

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Office holder

office
President of Switzerland
Vice President of Switzerland
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Head of the Federal Department of Finance
party
FDP.The Liberals
president
successor
vice president

Topical connections

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