Jörg De Bernardi

Jörg De Bernardi
Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland
Assumed office
1 August 2016
Preceded by Thomas Helbling
Personal details
Born 1973 (age 44–45)
Switzerland
Political party Social Democratic Party
Alma mater University of Neuchâtel
University of Zürich

Jörg De Bernardi (born 1973) is a Swiss diplomat and politician. He holds the office of Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland since August 2016, in charge of the Federal Council's affairs.[1]

After growing up in the Canton of Ticino, De Bernardi graduated at the faculty of Theology at the University of Neuchâtel in 1998, and followed up with a master's degree in Applied Ethics at the University of Zürich in 2002.[2] He joined the diplomatic service of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 2003, and was stationed in Bern and Addis Ababa. Between 2008 and 2011, he worked within the WTO section of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.[3]

In March 2011, the Canton of Ticino named De Bernardi their delegate for relations with the Federal Government.[4] The Federal Council named him Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland on 5 June 2016, as the successor to Thomas Helbling. He holds office since August that same year, and is in charge of managing the Federal Councils' meetings, as well as seven organizational units within the Federal Chancellery.[5][1] De Bernardi is the first representative of the Canton of Ticino within the Federal Government in 17 years, since Flavio Cotti's retirement.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Le Conseil fédéral nomme Jörg De Bernardi au poste de vice-chancelier" (in French). Bern: Swiss Federal Chancellery. 10 June 2016 [2016]. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Vice Chancellor Jörg De Bernardi". Bern: Swiss Federal Chancellery. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Vizekanzler aus dem Tessin" (in German). Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 10 June 2016 [2016]. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ticino: Jörg De Bernardi nominato delegato cantonale a Berna". Ticino Online (in Italian). Breganzona, Switzerland: Ticinonline SA. 23 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Jörg De Bernardi è il nuovo vice-cancelliere a Berna" (in Italian). Muzzano, Switzerland: Società editrice del Corriere del Ticino SA. 10 June 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas Helbling		 Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland
2016-present		 Incumbent


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