Swiss name new president and cabinet members


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  • Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023

Federal Councillors Viola Amherd, Guy Parmelin, Ignazio Cassis, Karin Keller-Sutter, Albert Roesti, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Beat Jans and Chancellor Viktor Rossi swear after the ministerial elections at the Swiss Parliament in Bern, Switzerland, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland named a new president on Wednesday and the make up of the country's government for the next four years.

Current defence minister Viola Amherd will take on the position of president from January, replacing Alain Berset in the honorary role that rotates between members of the country's cabinet on an annual basis.

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