What is Albert Rösti?
[[Image:Albert Rösti (2023).jpg|thumb|Rösti in 2023]] '''Albert Rösti''' (born 7 August 1967) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician. He has been a member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Council]] since 2023. He was the President of the [[Swiss People's Party]] from 2016 to 2020. From 2000 to 2007, Rösti was the president of SVP Uetendorf. From 2008 to 2022, he was a member of the local council of Uetendorf. In 2014, he became the mayor of Uetendorf, replacing [[Hannes Zaugg-Graf]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Hannes-ZauggGraf-tritt-als-Gemeindepraesident-zurueck/story/26887740 |title=Uetendorf: Hannes Zaugg-Graf tritt als Gemeindepräsident zurück - Region: Thun |website=Bernerzeitung.ch |date=2012-12-15 |accessdate=2016-04-28}}</ref> On 7 December 2022, Rösti was elected to the Swiss Federal Council, replacing [[Ueli Maurer]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch/mga |title=New Swiss government ministers elected to office |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/albert-roesti-elected-as-new-swiss-government-minister/48114754 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}</ref> He has been head of the [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications]] since 2023. Rösti was born in [[Frutigen]]. He lives in [[Uetendorf]], near [[Thun]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ueli Maurer]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]|years=2023–present}} {{s-inc|rows=2}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Simonetta Sommaruga]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Head of the [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications]]|years=2023–present}} {{s-end}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosti, Albert}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]] [[Category:Swiss mayors]] [[Category:People from the canton o