| 11. | The winners automatically win seats in the Federal Council, Parliament's upper chamber.
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| 12. | Member of the Federal Council sit in a semicircle facing the presidium.
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| 13. | Merz was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 December 2003.
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| 14. | Rather, the entire Federal Council is considered a collective head of state.
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| 15. | See list of members of the Swiss Federal Council for all seven.
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| 16. | Calmy-Rey is the fourth woman elected to the Federal Council in history.
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| 17. | There are a few historical exceptions, such as the Federal Council.
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| 18. | The final meeting of the Federal Council had taken place in January 1899.
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| 19. | He came to the Federal Council of Churches in New York in 1946.
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| 20. | He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 16 December 1954.
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