# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viola-amherd
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:56:04.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viola-amherd"
name: "Viola Amherd"
slug: "viola-amherd"
description: "Viola Patricia Amherd is a Swiss politician who served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2019 to 2025, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 between 1 January and 31 December. She was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Amherd was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) before it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, which she joined."
tagline: "Swiss politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viola_Amherd_(2023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.54540525887774
  historical:           23.49994133333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  173
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Violapamherd"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10672100/"
    handle:    "nm10672100"
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    url:       "https://www.vbs.admin.ch/de/vbs/organisation/cvbs.html"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Viola Amherd"
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    title: "Viola Amherd"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump