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 Ruth Dreifuss
President, Switzerland, 1998-1999
Ruth Dreifuss is a member of the Swiss Social Democratic Party and was the
first woman ever to become President of the Swiss Confederation. Dreifuss has
also served as the Secretary of the Swiss Trade Union and a member of the
Swiss Federal Council representing the canton of Geneva. After her term as
Prime Minister, she served as head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs
until 2002. Before entering politics, Dreifuss worked as a journalist and then a
scientific expert at the Federal Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
She holds a Master of Economics from the University of Geneva. |
