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Calmy-Rey and Widmer-Schlumpf give Swiss female leaders

Bern, Switzerland GenevaLunch – Switzerland continues to improve its score where women in politics are concerned, with the election by the parliament Wednesday 8 December of Micheline Calmy-Rey, Socialist, as president of the country for 2011 and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf of the center-right Conservative Democratic Party as vice-president. The Swiss presidency is a one-year term that …