What is Samuel Schmid?
{{Infobox President | name = Samuel Schmid | term_end3 = 31 December 2008 | children = 3 | death_place = | death_date = | birth_place = [[Rüti bei Büren]], [[Switzerland]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|01|8|df=y}} | successor4 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]] | predecessor4 = [[Ruth Metzler]] | president4 = [[Joseph Deiss]] | term_end4 = 31 December 2004 | term_start4 = 1 January 2004 | office4 = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Vice President of Switzerland]] | successor3 = [[Ueli Maurer]] | predecessor3 = [[Adolf Ogi]] | term_start3 = 1 January 2001 | image = BR-Samuel-Schmid.jpg | order3 = [[Military of Switzerland|Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports of Switzerland]] | successor2 = [[Moritz Leuenberger]] | predecessor2 = [[Joseph Deiss]] | vicepresident2 = Moritz Leuenberger | term_end2 = 31 December 2005 | term_start2 = 1 January 2005 | order2 = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]] | successor = [[Ueli Maurer]] | predecessor = [[Adolf Ogi]] | term_end = 31 December 2008 | term_start = 1 January 2001 | order = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | imagesize = 200px | party = [[Swiss People's Party]] (before 2008)<br/>[[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party]] (2008–present) }} '''Samuel Schmid''' (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Council]] from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmid, Samuel}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]] [[Category: