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Guy Parmelin

President of the Swiss Confederation, 2026 (Federal Council member since 2016)

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A farmer and winemaker from the Swiss People's Party who holds the rotating Swiss presidency in 2026, as he did in 2021.

Guy Parmelin sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly non-interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Guy Parmelin sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Guy Parmelin

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Political views closest to Guy Parmelin

SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.98%IsolationismKeeps the country out of foreign alliances and wars and puts domestic concerns first.96%PaleoconservatismA conservative strain skeptical of immigration, free trade and foreign wars, and…96%National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.94%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.