Simonetta Sommaruga

Party: Social Democratic Party (SPS)
Born on: 14.05.1960
Place of origin: Lugano, Eggiwil
Canton: Bern (BE)
Election: 22.09.2010
Resignation: 31.12.2022

Successor to Federal Councillor: Moritz Leuenberger
Predecessor to Federal Councillor: Elisabeth Baume-Schneider

Details of elections to the Federal Council

Elected on 4. ballot with 159 votes

Ballots distributed: 245
Ballots received: 245
Blank ballots: 3
Spoiled ballots: 2
Valid ballots: 240
Absolute majority: 121

Further votes received: Jean-François Rime 81

Heads of Department
Year	Department	Substitute
2019 - 2022	Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (DETEC)	Viola Amherd
2016 - 2018	Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP)	Johann N. Schneider-Ammann
2010 - 2015	Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP)	Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf