Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter has been Head of the Federal Department of Finance FDF since January 2023.

Bundesrätin Karin Keller-Sutter

Karin Keller-Sutter was born in 1963 and is from the canton of St. Gallen. She attended school in Wil and Neuchâtel. Karin Keller-Sutter is a trained translator/interpreter and secondary school teacher. Between 1989 and 2000 she worked as a freelance translator, and also taught at a vocational school. Karin Keller-Sutter is married.

Karin Keller-Sutter began her political career in 1992 as a member of Wil town council. In 1996 she was elected to the cantonal parliament of St. Gallen. In 2000 she entered the cantonal government of St. Gallen where she headed the Justice and Security Department. In 2011 Karin Keller-Sutter was elected to the Council of States where she represented the canton of St. Gallen. She held the presidency of the Council of States in 2017/2018.

Prior to her election to the Federal Council, Karin Keller-Sutter held a variety of positions: chair of the board of Pensimo Management AG; president of the board of trustees of the Pensimo Investment Foundation; vice president of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies; board member of Bâloise Insurance Group and the ASGA pension fund in St. Gallen; president of the Swiss Retail Federation, and board member of the Swiss Employers Association. Between 2012 and 2016 she was also a board member of the NZZ Media Group. Following her election to the Federal Council in 2018, Karin Keller-Sutter stepped down from all of these posts.

Political activities of Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter

Time period Political activities
Since 1.1.2023 Head of the Federal Department of Finance FDF
2019-2022 Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police FDJP
05.12.2018 Election to the Federal Council
2017-2018 President of the Federal Council of States
2011-2018 Member of the Council of States for the Canton of St. Gallen
2010- 2012 President of the Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Directors (CCJPD)
2006-2007
2011-2012
President of St. Gallen Cantonal Council
2000- 2012

Member of St. Gallen Cantonal Council, Head of Security and Justice Department

1996-2000 Member of Cantonal Parliament
1995-2000 Board member of St. Gallen Cantonal Chamber of Commerce
1997 President of Wil Town Parliament
1992-2000 Member of Wil Town Parliament

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