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Pascal Couchepin
President, Swiss Confederation
2003 & 2008
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"Good governance does not succeed in one day. It needs good institutions, people with leadership, intelligence and humility , a vibrant and critical public opinion and... a little dose of chance and success"
"Leadership cannot be imported , it can be helped "
Pascal Couchepin, GLF Member
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Biographical Information
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President, Swiss Confederation 2003 & 2008
As a member of the Radical Free Democratic Party (FDP), Pascal Couchepin began his political career in the canton of Valais, where he was a member of the City Council of Martigny from 1968 to 1998 and Mayor of Martigny from 1984 to 1998.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council in 1998 where he served until 2009, first as Minister of the Economy (1998 – 2003), then as Minister of Home Affairs (2003 – 2009) and twice as President of the Swiss Confederation (2003 and 2008).
Pascal Couchepin also served as President of the Ministerial Assembly of the World Trade Organisation (1998), Head of Delegation to the Doha Round of the WTO (2001) and as a Member of the Board of Governors of the World Bank (1998 – 2003).
Activity after public politics
Pascal Couchepin has served as Board Director of various companies in the fields of telecommunications, energy and insurance.
Memberships and Associations
- President of the Foundation for the Swiss Archaeological School, Greece
- President of the Foundation Hardt, Geneva
- President of the Foundation of the Swiss Pontifical Guard, Rome
- Member of the Board of Foundation Jacobs, Zurich
- Member of the Board of Foundation Leenaards, Lausanne
- Member of the Board of Terre des Hommes, Lausanne
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