What is Hans-Rudolf Merz?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Hans-Rudolf Merz |image = Hans-Rudolf Merz, 2010.jpg |office = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] |term_start = 1 January 2004 |term_end = 1 November 2010 |predecessor = [[Kaspar Villiger]] |successor = [[Johann Schneider-Ammann]] |office2 = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]] |vicepresident2 = [[Doris Leuthard]] |term_start2 = 1 January 2009 |term_end2 = 31 December 2009 |predecessor2 = [[Pascal Couchepin]] |successor2 = [[Doris Leuthard]] |office3 = Vice President of Switzerland |president3 = [[Pascal Couchepin]] |term_start3 = 1 January 2008 |term_end3 = 31 December 2008 |predecessor3 = [[Pascal Couchepin]] |successor3 = [[Doris Leuthard]] |office4 = Head of the [[Federal Department of Finance]] |term_start4 = 1 January 2004 |term_end4 = 1 November 2010 |predecessor4 = [[Kaspar Villiger]] |successor4 = [[Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|10|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Herisau]], [[Switzerland]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Roswitha Merz |children = 3 |profession = [[Management consulting|Management consultant]] |party = [[FDP.The Liberals]] |alma_mater = [[University of St. Gallen]] }} '''Hans-Rudolf Merz''' (born 10 November 1942) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[politician]] of [[FDP.The Liberals]]. He was a [[member of the Swiss Federal Council]]. He was head of the [[Federal Department of Finance]] (the Swiss [[finance minister]]) from 2004 to 2010 and [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] for 2009. On 6 August 2010 Merz announced his resignation for October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-34515.html|title=Demission von Bundesrat Hans-Rudolf Merz auf Oktober|website=www.admin.ch}}</ref> He was born in [[Herisau]], Switzerland, he st