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Pascal Couchepin

Pascal Couchepin (born April 5, 1942) is a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on March 11, 1998. He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he has held the following departments:

Federal Department of Economic Affairs[?] (1998 - 2002)
Federal Department of Home Affairs[?] (2003)

He is president of Switzerland in 2003.

Predecessor: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

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