Ignazio Cassis (born 13 April 1961) is a Swiss physician and politician. He is the current President of the Swiss Confederation since 2022. He is a member of the FDP.The Liberals and was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 20 September 2017. He has served since 1 November 2017 as head of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He was born in Sessa, Switzerland.