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Viewing cable 06BERN828, SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO

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06BERN828 2006-04-27 11:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bern
VZCZCXRO6518
PP RUEHRG
DE RUEHSW #0828 1171106
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 271106Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BERN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2128
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0088
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 7411
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0558
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 0366
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 0640
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0652
RUEHRG/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0126
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2512
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC PRIORITY 0160
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS BERN 000828 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE PASS TO USTR FOR DONNELLY AND BUNTIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD WTRO PGOV SZ
SUBJECT: SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO 
RESIGN EFFECTIVE JULY 31 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: In a surprise announcement, Swiss Economics 
and Trade Minister Joseph Deiss announced on April 27 that, 
effective July 31, he would resign his position as Economics 
and Trade Minister and step down from the seven-member 
Federal Council, where he is the Christian Democratic Party's 
only representative.  The announcement surprised members of 
the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), as well as 
the Embassy, as Deiss had provided no hints this move was 
coming during Ambassador Willeford's farewell call on April 
25.  SECO sources told ECONOFF that Deiss is likely resigning 
for health reasons, and that his successor will probably be 
Christian Democratic Party chief Doris Leuthard.  End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) After a four-year tenure as Economics and Trade 
Minister, Federal Councilor Joseph Deiss announced on April 
27 that he will resign his position and seat in parliament 
effective July 31, 2006.  The news of Deiss' resignation was 
a surprise to Embassy contacts in SECO and to the Mission. 
Ambassador Willeford had just met Federal Councilor Deiss on 
Tuesday, April 25 for a farewell call and he provided no 
hints that he would be stepping down.  Deiss even commented 
to the Ambassador that the loss of important leaders like 
USTR Portman during this key phase of WTO negotiations would 
be hard to overcome. (NB: Switzerland and Minister Deiss are 
the spokesnation/person for the Group of 10 in the WTO Doha 
talks.) 
 
3. (SBU) During a conversation with SECO America's Director, 
Philippe Nell, who initially did not know about the 
resignation when ECONOFF called for more information, said 
that SECO staff believe Deiss is resigning for health 
reasons.  SECO staff, particularly the WTO staff, do not 
believe Deiss would abandon the WTO Doha talks unless there 
were a compelling reason; "he is not leaving for political 
reasons," Nell said.  He added that Swiss Embassy staff in 
Washington (Economic Minister Councilor Giulio Haas) thought 
Deiss looked "tired and hollow" during his recent trip to the 
U.S. for the World Bank-IMF meetings.  Deiss, however, looked 
rather spry during the Ambassador's April 25 meeting, 
although this could be because he had made his decision to 
resign and was feeling less burdened by the difficult choice 
he was having to make. 
 
4. (SBU) Nell also told ECONOFF that rumors within SECO have 
Christian Democratic Party President (since September 2004) 
Doris Leuthard succeeding Deiss at SECO and on the Federal 
Council.  Leuthard has been a member of the Nationalrat 
(Lower House of Parliament) since 1999 and is a member of the 
Nationalrat's Committee on Economy and Taxes.  Nell, a French 
speaker, said that he had heard that several members of 
parliament were looking to have a German speaker head the 
Economics and Trade Ministry after almost eight years of 
French speaking Ministers (Pascal Couchepin and Joseph 
Deiss).  NOTE: Swiss bureaucrats have admitted that the 
native tongue of the minister plays an important role in 
staffing decisions.  Key positions are sometimes filled with 
native speakers because of the difficulty to writing 
effective memos in a second or third language.  END NOTE. 
 
5. (SBU) COMMENT: Deiss has been a reasonably cooperative 
interlocutor in his portfolios, first as Foreign Minister 
(1999-2002) and then as Economic/Trade Minister 
(2003-present).  By no means a compelling leader, Deiss has 
played it mostly safe in his policies.  His most daring move, 
in retrospect, was trying to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement 
with the United States -- efforts for which he was shot down 
by his Federal Council colleagues earlier this year. 
Uncertain is the extent to which this embarrassment led to 
his decision to resign early. 
Willeford