What is François Couchepin?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = François Couchepin | image = ETH-BIB Com LC1501-00C-013-001 (cropped).jpg | office = 13th [[Chancellor of Switzerland]] | term_start = 1 July 1991 | term_end = 31 December 1999 | predecessor = [[Walter Buser]] | successor = [[Annemarie Huber-Hotz]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|01|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Martigny]], Switzerland | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|02|23|1935|01|19|df=y}} | death_place = | party = [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]] | alma_mater = [[University of Lausanne]] }} '''François Couchepin''' (19 January 1935 – 23 February 2023) is a Swiss lawyer and politician. He was a member of the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland]] (FDP). He was the 13th [[Federal Chancellor of Switzerland|Chancellor of Switzerland]] from 1991 to 1999. Couchepin died on 23 February 2023, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news |title=François Couchepin, ancien chancelier de la Confédération, est décédé |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/francois-couchepin-ancien-chancelier-confederation-decede |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=Le Temps |date=24 February 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D44807.php Hls-dhs-dss.ch] * [http://www.bk.admin.ch/org/00841/03995/04011/index.html?lang=de Bk.admin.ch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109035527/https://www.bk.admin.ch/org/00841/03995/04011/index.html?lang=de |date=2016-01-09 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Couchepin, Francois}} [[Category:Federal Chancellors of Switzerland]] [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Martigny District]] [[Category:People from Valais]] {{bio-stub}}