switzerland is a republic. switzerland does not have the same kind of president as the united states or france. seven people (called ministers) do the job of president. they are called the federal council in english, "bundesrat" in german, "conseil fédéral" in french, "consiglio federale" in italian and "cussegl federal" in romansh. every year one of these people is made president. the president is not more important than the other six people. at present 3 of the 7 people are women.