Editing Pascal Couchepin (section)

{{short description|Swiss Federal Councillor from 1998 to 2009}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Pascal Couchepin
| image               = Pascal Couchepin, 2009.jpg
| office8             = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]
| term_start8         = 1 January 1998
| term_end8           = 1 November 2009
| predecessor8        = [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]]
| successor8          = [[Didier Burkhalter]]
| office              = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|43th President of Switzerland]]
| vicepresident       = Hans-Rudolf Merz
| term_start          = 1 January 2008
| term_end            = 31 December 2008
| predecessor         = [[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]
| successor           = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| vicepresident1      = [[Ruth Metzler-Arnold]]
| term_start1         = 1 January 2003
| term_end1           = 31 December 2003
| predecessor1        = [[Kaspar Villiger]]
| successor1          = [[Joseph Deiss]]
| office4             = Head of the [[Federal Department of Home Affairs|Department of Home Affairs]]
| term_start4         = 1 January 2003
| term_end4           = 1 November 2009
| predecessor4        = [[Ruth Dreifuss]]
| successor4          = [[Didier Burkhalter]]
| office5             = Head of the [[Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research|Department of Economic Affairs]]
| term_start5         = 1 January 1998
| term_end5           = 31 December 2002
| predecessor5        = [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]]
| successor5          = [[Joseph Deiss]]
| office2             = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Vice President of Switzerland]]
| term_start2         = 1 January 2007
| term_end2           = 31 December 2007
| president2          = Micheline Calmy-Rey
| predecessor2        = Micheline Calmy-Rey
| successor2          = [[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]
| term_start3         = 1 January 2002
| term_end3           = 31 December 2002
| president3          = [[Kaspar Villiger]]
| predecessor3        = [[Kaspar Villiger]]
| successor3          = [[Ruth Metzler]]
| spouse              = Brigitte Rendu
| children            = 3
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1942|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Martigny, Switzerland|Martigny]], [[Switzerland]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| profession          = [[Lawyer]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Lausanne]]
| party               = [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]
}}
'''Pascal Couchepin''' (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] from 1998 to 2009. A member of the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP/PRD), he was [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] twice, in 2003 and 2008. Couchepin headed the [[Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research|Federal Department of Economic Affairs]] from 1998 to 2002 and [[Federal Department of Home Affairs]] from 2003 until 2009.