Samuel Schmid
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Samuel Schmid
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Incumbent
Assumed office  01 January 2001
Preceded by	Adolf Ogi
President of Switzerland
In office 01 January 2005 – 31 December 2005
Vice President	Moritz Leuenberger
Preceded by	Joseph Deiss
Succeeded by	Moritz Leuenberger
Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports of Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office  01 January 2001
Preceded by	Adolf Ogi
Born	8 January 1947 (1947-01-08) (age 61)
Political party	Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland; previously SVP

Samuel Schmid (born January 8, 1947) has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2000. He is the head Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense minister for Switzerland).

He was elected to the Federal Council on December 6, 2000. He is a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC). During his time in office he has held the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. In 2004, he was the vice-President of the Confederation and President in 2005.

Schmid is a member of the SVP's centrist/agrarian wing. He has recently been put under pressure by his party's nationalist wing, led by fellow Federal Councilor Christoph Blocher, for taking a moderate stance on certain issues. After the SVP became the largest party in the Federal Assembly in the 2003 federal elections, the SVP threatened to yank Schmid off the council if it didn't get an additional seat (which eventually went to Blocher).

References

• Profile of Samuel Schmid with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.

External links

• Head of the DDPS official biography
• Biography of Samuel Schmid on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (German)

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