Summary:

Beat Jans, a 1964 born farmer from Riehen, became the new Bundesrat after being elected in the third voting round. The voting for the Federal Chancellor also took place in the United Federal Assembly on December 13, 2023. Six months prior, Alain Berset, the previous Bundesrat elected in April last year, handed over his position to Jans in a media conference. The Federal Council, which is the Swiss government, carries out the laws passed by the Swiss Parliament. The election of new members of the Federal Council, known as Bundesratswahlen, occurs through a voting process. In this process, Jans represented the Social Democratic Party and received 134 out of 245 valid votes.