Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter will assume the Swiss presidency next year. Parliament elected the St. Gallen native on Wednesday with 168 out of 203 valid votes. This is a below-average result. Of the 232 ballots cast, 23 were blank and six were invalid. A total of 35 votes did not go to the 60-year-old Finance Minister from the Radical-Liberal Party, but to other people. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Although the election to the Swiss presidency is considered a formality, it is often used by parliamentarians to express their disapproval or approval of members of the government. Over the past decade, presidents have received 178 votes from parliament on average. However, Keller-Sutter's recent predecessors - Viola Amherd, Alain Berset and Ignazio Cassis - also had below-average results. The best result in recent decades was achieved by Swiss People's Party cabinet representative Ueli Maurer in 2018 with 201 votes. The worst showing was by Social ...
