Walter Thurnherr Energy and Communications in 2011 as her chief of staff. He stood for election to succeed Corina Casanova as Federal Chancellor of Switzerland on 9 December 2015, as the first unopposed candidate in ninety years, and was elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly with 230 votes (out of 234 possible). He assumed office on 1 January 2016. Walter Thurnherr Walter Thurnherr (born 11 July 1963) is the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland since 1 January 2016. Born in Muri, Thurnherr graduated as a physicist at the ETH Zürich. In 1989, he joined the ranks of Switzerland's diplomatic corps. In 2002, he
2019 Swiss federal election only if the canton's law allows it. Schaffhausen has compulsory voting, though limited in implementation by way of only an insignificant fine. 2019 Swiss federal election Federal elections are scheduled to be held in Switzerland in 2019 to elect all members of both houses of the Federal Assembly. Subsequently there will be the 2019 election of the Swiss Federal Council, the federal executive, by the United Federal Assembly. The elections for the National Council will be held nationally on 20 October 2019. The cantons individually organise their elections for the Council of States, which all but one are to be