- Swiss order of precedence
The Swiss
order of precedence is a hierarchy of important positions within the government ofSwitzerland . It has no legal standing but is used by ceremonial protocol.The order of precedence is determined by the Protocol Reglement [fr icon [http://www.eda.admin.ch/etc/medialib/downloads/edazen/topics/dipl/cerpro.Par.0001.File.tmp/Reglement%20Protokoll_fr.pdf Le règlement protocolaire de la Confédération] ] [ [http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/e/home/foreign/protcl/cervis/regpro.html Protocol Regulations for the Swiss Confederation] , unofficial translation.] and the Table of Precedence [fr icon [http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/g/home/foreign/protcl/cervis/regpro.ContentPar.0023.UpFile.tmp/lt_031024_preseancCH_f.pdf Préséance en Suisse] , table of precedence.] of the
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs . The upper part of the list reads as follows:wiss Order of Precedence
#President of the Confederation (2008:
Pascal Couchepin )
#Vice-President of the Federal Council (2008:Hans-Rudolf Merz )
#Federal Councillors in the order of their election by the Federal Assembly (2008:Moritz Leuenberger ,Samuel Schmid ,Micheline Calmy-Rey ,Doris Leuthard ,Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf )
#The General (elected only in case of war)
#President of the National Council (2007/2008:André Bugnon )
#President of the Council of States (2007/2008:Christoffel Brändli )
#Chancellor of the Confederation (Since 2008:Corina Casanova )
#President of the Federal Supreme Court (2007/2008:Arthur Aeschlimann )
#Former Federal Councillors in order of election (as of 2008:Pierre Aubert ,Leon Schlumpf ,Rudolf Friedrich ,Alphons Egli ,Otto Stich ,Elisabeth Kopp ,Flavio Cotti ,Arnold Koller ,Adolf Ogi ,René Felber ,Kaspar Villiger ,Ruth Dreifuss ,Ruth Metzler ,Joseph Deiss ,Christoph Blocher )
#Presidents of the cantonal governments in the order given in the Constitution.
#Cardinals, Members of the Council of theSwiss Union of Evangelical Churches , and Grand Rabbis
#First and Second Vice Presidents of the National Council (2007/2008:Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi ,Pascale Bruderer )
#First and Second Vice Presidents of the Council of States (2007/2008:Alain Berset ,Erika Forster )
#Vice President of the Federal Supreme Court (2007:Susanne Leuzinger-Naef )
#Bishop s
#Secretaries of State
#Members of the National Council in order of election
#Members of the Council of States in order of election
#Judges of the Federal Supreme CourtReferences
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