Ruth Dreifuss
Former Federal Councillor (i.e. Member of the Swiss Government) and former President of the Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
After having worked as a civil servant in the field of development cooperation and as a leader of the Swiss Labour Union, she was elected by the Parliament one of the seven members of the Swiss Government. From early 1993 to the end of 2002, she acted as Minister of domestic affairs, including public health, research, higher education, social security and other political fields. She acts now in many national and international organizations. She chaired the Commission on intellectual property rights, innovation and public health of the WHO which achieved its report in Spring 2006 and a commission which proposed to the Government of Geneva a new law on the cantonal University. |
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