- Kaspar Villiger
Infobox Officeholder
name = Kaspar Villiger
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order = Member of the Swiss Federal Council
term_start =1 February 1989
term_end =31 December 2003
predecessor =Elisabeth Kopp
successor =Hans-Rudolf Merz
order2 =President of the Swiss Confederation
term_start2 =1 January 1995
term_end2 =31 December 1995
vicepresident2 =Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
predecessor2 =Otto Stich
successor2 =Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
order3 =President of the Swiss Confederation
term_start3 =1 January 2002
term_end3 =31 December 2002
vicepresident3 =Pascal Couchepin
predecessor3 =Moritz Leuenberger
successor3 =Pascal Couchepin
order4 = Head of the Federal Military Department
term_start4 = 1989
term_end4 = 1995
predecessor4 =Arnold Koller
successor4 =Adolf Ogi
order5 = Head of the Federal Department of Finance
term_start5 = 1996
term_end5 = 2003
predecessor5 =Otto Stich
successor5 =Hans-Rudolf Merz
birth_date = birth date and age|1941|2|5
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death_date =
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constituency =
party = Free Democratic Party
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footnotes =Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Veeleeger) (born
February 5 ,1941 ) is a Swiss industrialist, politician and former member of theSwiss Federal Council (1989 -2003 ).He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on
February 1 ,1989 . He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.During his time in office he has held the following departments:
*Federal Military Department (1989 -1995 )
*Federal Department of Finance (1996 -2003 )He has been President of the Confederation twice in1995 and2002 .In September 2003, he resigned for
December 31 ,2003 .In 2004 he became member of the board of directors of
Nestlé andSwiss Re .Villiger is a Member of the
Global Leadership Foundation , an organization which works to promote good governance around the world. [ [http://www.g-l-f.org/pagebuilder.asp?id=239 Welcome to GLF Global Leadership Foundation ] ]References
External links
*Swiss Federal Councillor|103
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