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	Chancellor - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Switzerland, the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler, Chancelier fédéral, Cancelliere della Confederazione) is elected by the Swiss parliament.
		Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury.
		In reality the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, effectively like a chairman of trustees, carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat in cabinet.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Chancellor (1290 words)

	List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler, in German; Chancelier fédéral in French; Cancelliere della Confederazione in Italian) is the head of the Federal Chancellery, which acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council (the federal government).
		Before the establishment of the federal state in 1848, the chancellery was one of the few permanent offices of the Swiss Confederation.
		The chancellor attends meetings of the Federal Council (although he or she does not have a vote), and prepares the Federal Council's reports to the Federal Assembly on its policy and activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland (224 words)

	Chancellor Online Research :: Information about Chancellor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The office as chancellor (Royal Chancellor) seems to have appeared in the 12th century and until 1660 it was the title of the leader of the state administration (a kind of a âHome Officeâ but often with foreign political duties).
		The title as âGerman Chancellorâ 1524-1660 anticipated the Minister of Foreign Affairs while the âChancellor of the Realmâ from the 1370s to 1660 was something between a Minister of Juridical Affairs and a President of the Supreme Court.
		Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was the sole judge in the Chancery.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Chancellor.html (1366 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chancellor of Germany
		Chancellors of the 1919 Weimar Republic: Jump to: navigation, search The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic IPA (German Weimarer Republik).
		The chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag (federal parliament).
		This was the case with Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der from 1999 until he resigned the chairmanship of the SPD in 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chancellor-of-Germany (5249 words)

	Switzerland Government Information
		The Federal Assembly is the primary seat of power, although in practice the executive branch has been increasing its power at the expense of the legislative branch.
		The Federal Assembly individually elects the seven Federal Councilors in a joint session of both houses at the opening of a new legislature.
		Federal Councilors are elected for 4-year terms; there are no term limits and no provision to recall the cabinet or individual members during the legislature.
	www.traveldocs.com /ch/govern.htm (1473 words)

	Chancellor Article, Chancellor Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Switzerland, the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler, Chancelier fédéral, Cancelliere dellaConfederazione) is elected by the Swiss parliament.
		Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Ministerwith overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury.
		Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster, another ancient office of state, the Chancellor being the Minister of the Crown responsible in theory for therunning of the Duchy of Lancaster, a duchy in England belonging to the Crown but historically maintained separately from the restof the kingdom, whose net revenues belong to the monarch in person.
	www.anoca.org /lord/united/chancellor.html (1209 words)

	Chancellor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the Kingdom of Poland since the 14th century and from 1569 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, chancellors - known as Kanclerzs - were one of the highest officials of the state, responsible for the affairs of the whole Kingdom.
		In Spanish-speaking countries, the title of Chancellor (Spanish: Canciller) is usually given to the government ministers (or equivalent Cabinet-level positions) in charge of foreign policy or foreign language affairs.
		In Australia, the Chancellor is Chairman of the University's governing body; thus, as well as having ceremonial duties, the Chancellor participates in the governance of the University (but not its active management).
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Chancellor (1555 words)

	Switzerland's Political Institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Switzerland is a small federative state in the middle of Europe, covering an area of about 16.000 square miles (41 000 km2) and with a population of 7'300'000 inhabitants.
		For example, for a revision of the Federal Constitution, one proceeds to a compulsory national referendum for which the majority of the votes of the people and the majority of the cantons are required.
		The Federate House is called the Council of the States, with 46 members, two for each canton, one for each half canton.
	www.parlament.ch /e/homepage/sv-services-dummy/sv-ch-schweiz-kurze/sv-ch-staat.htm (3460 words)

	Switzerland (07/05)
		Traditionally, Switzerland has avoided alliances that might entail military, political, or direct economic action, but in recent years the Swiss have broadened the scope of activities in which they feel able to participate without compromising their neutrality.
		Switzerland (mainly Geneva) is home to many international governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (whose flag is essentially the Swiss flag with colors reversed, the Red Cross historically being a Swiss organization).
		Switzerland is an active participant in the OSCE, its foreign minister serving as Chairman-in-Office for 1996.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3431.htm (6453 words)

	Switzerland Government
		Switzerland is a federal state composed of 26 cantons (20 are "full" cantons and six "half" cantons for purposes of representation in the federal legislature) that retain attributes of sovereignty, such as fiscal autonomy and the right to manage internal cantonal affairs.
		A bicameral legislature -- the Federal Assembly; A collegial executive of seven members -- the Federal Council; and A judiciary consisting of a single, regular court, the Federal Tribunal, in Lausanne and special military and administrative courts.
		The Federal Insurance Tribunal is an independent division for social security.
	www.nationbynation.com /Switzerland/Gov.html (121 words)

	Chancellor
		The original chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice, ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience.
		In the United States government, the only official granted the title of chancellor is the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, a largely ceremonial office that has long been held by each Chief Justice.
		A given state's University System is often headed by a "chancellor" who serves as the system-wide chief, while individual campuses are headed by presidents.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chancellor.html (1188 words)

	Bahá'í Switzerland
		At the invitation of the governing council (National Spiritual Assembly) of the Bahá’ís of Switzerland, government officials, members of parliament, and representatives of non-governmental and religious organisations were invited to a reception on 23 September to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Bahá’í Community.
		Because of her key coordinating role within the Swiss government, the Chancellor is often referred to as the "eighth member" of the 7-member Federal Council (Executive).
		The Chancellor gratefully accepted a copy of the latest volume of the Bahá’í World, remarking enthusiastically on the image of the terraces of the Shrine of Bab [in Haifa, Israel] and reminiscing on private visits to the Bahá’í World Centre when her brother was working as gardener there.
	www.bahai.ch /english/centenary_centre.html (743 words)

	Switzerland (10/03)
		The Federal Insurance Tribunal is an independent division for social security questions (the seat of the latter is in Lucerne, but it is part of the Federal Tribunal).
		Switzerland is a member of a number of international economic organizations, including the UN, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fune, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
		Switzerland had already previously been involved as party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice and member of most UN specialized agencies as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/s/28122.htm (5430 words)

	ch.ch : the public administration on-line: Political organisation in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Federal Assemby also elects the Federal Chancellor who heads the Federal Council's staff office (the Federal Chancellery) for a four-year term.
		The Federal Council is responsible for the tasks of evaluation, planning and coordination and for representing Switzerland on the international political scene.
		Supreme judicial power is exercised by the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, by the Federal Insurance Court in Lucerne and by the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona.
	www.ch.ch /urn:ch:en:ch:ch.07.05.03:01 (320 words)

	Chancellor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Sweden the Chancellor of Justice[?] or Justitiekanslern primarily acts as a solicitor for the Swedish Government in legal disputes.
		Head of the Lord Chancellor's department of state, as the head of which he sits in the cabinet.
		As Second Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor has an official residence at Number 11, Downing Street, next door to the First Lord of the Treasury, an office normally held by the Prime Minister, hence his use of Number 10, Downing Street.
	www.city-search.org /ch/chancellor.html (897 words)

	German Scientology News in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Federal Office for Police (BAP) confirmed this weekend that investigations of prohibited activities in Switzerland are in process in regard to this matter.
		When revenue investigators complain about Switzerland and its banks, federal Justice officers just shrug their shoulders: the facts of the case are not followed up and legal assistance is not possible.
		Switzerland and Germany have also come to a far-reaching agreement in the case of police "pursuit," the pursuit of perpetrators from the scene of the crime.
	www.lermanet.com /cisar/survey/sz.htm?FACTNet (3417 words)

	ThisNation.com--Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation
		3 Modifications of the territory of a Canton are subject to the assent of the population concerned, of the Cantons concerned, and the assent of the Federal Parliament in the form of a federal decree.
		What federal legislation subjects to value added tax, to a special consumption tax, to stamp tax, or to withholding tax, or declares to be exempt from these taxes, may not be taxed by the Cantons and the Municipalities with taxes of the same kind.
		Federal Statutes declared urgent which have no constitutional basis and whose validity exceeds one year; such Federal Statutes must be submitted to the vote within one year after their adoption by the Federal Parliament.
	thisnation.com /library/switzerland.html (15643 words)

	Swiss Federal Department of Finance FDF > Records > Media > Press Releases > Signing of the request for UN membership
		In a vote held on 3rd March 2002, the people and the cantons of Switzerland accepted the popular initiative in favour of Switzerland's accession to the United Nations.
		As the results of this vote have been validated and published, the Federal Council is authorised to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Switzerland's request for admission to the organisation.
		The text of Switzerland's application was made public in October 2001, several months before the popular vote.
	www.efd.admin.ch /e/dok/medien/medienmitteilungen/2002/06/uno.htm (311 words)

	Switzerland Profile: Government
		Federal Council or Bundesrat (in German), Conseil Federal (in French), Consiglio Federale (in Italian) elected by the Federal Assembly usually from among its own members for a four-year term
		president and vice president elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms that run concurrently; election last held NA December 2002 (next to be held NA December 2003)
		Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)
	www.nationmaster.com /country/sz/Government (334 words)

	Index Co-Cz
		In 1935 he was elected to the House of Commons for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and from 1942 to 1960 he was leader of the CCF.
		He held several minor offices in the federal government, including deputy assistant secretary of state for international monetary affairs (1965-66), undersecretary of state for economic affairs (1977-81), chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (1990-92), and chairman of the National Intelligence Council (1995-97).
		April 11, 1941, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland), president of the Council of State of Valais (1907-08, 1912-13) and president of the Federal Tribunal of Switzerland (1935-36).
	www.rulers.org /indexc4.html (15974 words)

	Homepage of the Federal Authorities
		Schweiz - Suisse - Svizzera - Svizra - Switzerland
		However, in the absence of an English translation of interesting documents, we refer you to the German, French or Italian versions.
		The Embassies of Switzerland in Washington and London provide more information in English than this site.
	www.admin.ch /ch/index.en.html (92 words)

	t r u t h o u t - GOP Faces 'Civil War' over Bush's Faith-Based Rule
		They're the ones that are historically neutral, without an army." Then Lantos mentioned, in a gracious aside, that the Swiss do have a tough national guard to protect the country in the event of invasion.
		The president, listing priorities for his second term, placed near the top of his agenda the expansion of federal support for faith-based institutions.
		The president talked at length about giving the initiative the full measure of his devotion and said that questions about separation of church and state were not an issue.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/101704A.shtml (7800 words)

	List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland : Federal Chancellor of Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (Bundeskanzler, Chancelier fédéral, Cancelliere della Confederazione)See Chancellor for a short introduction.
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		By one of those happy chances which had thrown himself down under one of the trees in the very in the neighbouring brook, and had found it pleasant.
	www.termsdefined.net /fe/federal-chancellor-of-switzerland.html (315 words)

	The Federal Administration
		Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin, head of the Department
		Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid, head of the Department
		Federal Councillor Joseph Deiss, head of the Department
	www.admin.ch /ch/e/autorita.html (189 words)

	List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland
		List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (Bundeskanzler, Chancelier fédéral, Cancelliere della Confederazione)
		See also: Politics of Switzerland - List of members of the Swiss Federal Council - Swiss Federal Council - Lists of incumbents
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fe/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland.html (66 words)

	Switzerland Ministers
		1984-89 Federal Councillor of Justice and Police Elisabeth Kopp
		Between 1974-75 President of the Grossrat (Grand Council) of Zürich, Had to resign from the government because of a scandal of which she was later cleared in court.
		As Bundeskanzlerin/Chancellière de la Confédération/Cancelliera della Confederazione she has the rang of a Federal Counciller and is the Chief of Staff, Secretary General, advisor and coordinator of the government business, an important post, since the presidency rotates every year between the Government Councillors.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Switzerland.htm (203 words)

	Federal Assembly of Switzerland - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Image:CH-Bundeshaus-Nord.jpg The Federal Assembly (in German, Bundesversammlung; in French, Assemblée fédérale; in Italian language, Assemblea federale), is Switzerland's federal parliament.
		The Federal Assembly is responsible for electing the Federal Council, the Federal Chancellor, and federal judges.
		Seats in the National Council are allocated to the cantons proportionally, based on population.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Federal_Assembly_of_Switzerland (175 words)

	Secretary-General's visit to Geneva, Switzerland
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Geneva, Switzerland, to address the opening of the 24th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Social Development, at the Palais des Nations on June 26.
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaking at the opening of the Geneva 2000 Forum at the Geneva International Conference Center on June 25.
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) seated with the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, Ruth Dreifuss.
	www.un.org /av/photo/sgtrips/sggeneva.htm (331 words)

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