President of the Council of States

E113908

parliamentary office presiding officer role

The President of the Council of States is the annually elected presiding officer of Switzerland’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for leading its sessions and representing it in official functions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
President of the Council of States canonical	5
Council of States presidency	1
Presidente del Consiglio degli Stati	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T954745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the Council of States
Context triple: [Swiss Federal Assembly, presidingOfficerTitle, President of the Council of States]

A. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, a role held ex officio by the Vice President of India to conduct its proceedings and maintain order.
B. President of the Council of State
The President of the Council of State was the highest-ranking official in Cuba’s state structure, combining key executive and representative functions at the national level.
C. Deputy Chairman of the Senate
The Deputy Chairman of the Senate is the second-highest-ranking official in Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for presiding over Senate proceedings in the absence of the Chairman and assisting in the chamber’s legislative and administrative functions.
D. President of the House of Councillors
The President of the House of Councillors is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Japan’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and administration.
E. Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha is the second-highest presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings in the absence of the Chairman.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the Council of States
Target entity description: The President of the Council of States is the annually elected presiding officer of Switzerland’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for leading its sessions and representing it in official functions.

A. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, a role held ex officio by the Vice President of India to conduct its proceedings and maintain order.
B. President of the Council of State
The President of the Council of State was the highest-ranking official in Cuba’s state structure, combining key executive and representative functions at the national level.
C. Deputy Chairman of the Senate
The Deputy Chairman of the Senate is the second-highest-ranking official in Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for presiding over Senate proceedings in the absence of the Chairman and assisting in the chamber’s legislative and administrative functions.
D. President of the House of Councillors
The President of the House of Councillors is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Japan’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and administration.
E. Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha is the second-highest presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings in the absence of the Chairman.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
belongsToSystem	Swiss federal political system ⓘ
canSuspend	sittings in case of disorder or procedural necessity ⓘ
confers	right to speak to members according to the rules of procedure ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	office defined by federal law and parliamentary rules of procedure ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
electedBy	Council of States of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly
electionFrequency	annually ⓘ
establishedBy	Swiss Federal Constitution ⓘ linked to: Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation
hasPrecedenceOver	other members of the Council of States during sessions ⓘ
hasRank	highest-ranking member of the Council of States ⓘ
hasStyle	Mr. President or Madam President ⓘ
hasVicePresident	Vice President of the Council of States ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
languageOfOffice	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ linked to: Romansh language
legislativeChamberType	upper house ⓘ
locatedIn	Federal Palace of Switzerland, Bern ⓘ linked to: Federal Palace of Switzerland
meetsIn	Council of States chamber, Federal Palace, Bern ⓘ linked to: Bundeshaus
memberOf	Bureau of the Federal Assembly when in joint matters ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	19th century ⓘ
officeHolderAlsoIs	member of the Council of States ⓘ
officeHolderOf	Council of States presidency ⓘ linked to: President of the Council of States
officeType	legislative leadership position ⓘ
partOf	Federal Assembly of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly
presidesOver	Council of States of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly
represents	Council of States in international parliamentary contacts ⓘ Council of States in relations with the Federal Council ⓘ linked to: Assemblée fédérale Council of States in relations with the National Council ⓘ linked to: Council of States
responsibility	chairing plenary sessions of the Council of States ⓘ coordinating with the President of the National Council on joint sessions ⓘ ensuring observance of rules of procedure in the Council of States ⓘ granting and withdrawing the floor to speakers in the Council of States ⓘ maintaining order during debates in the Council of States ⓘ participating in the Bureau of the Council of States ⓘ representing the Council of States in official functions ⓘ signing official acts and decisions of the Council of States ⓘ
roleInGovernment	presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
selectionMethod	indirect election by members of the Council of States ⓘ
symbolicRole	ceremonial head of the Council of States ⓘ
termLength	1 year ⓘ
termRenewable	yes, but not consecutively in normal practice ⓘ
votingRight	has a normal member’s vote in the Council of States ⓘ
worksWith	Presidents of parliamentary committees of the Council of States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Federal Assembly → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Council of States ⓘ

Council of States → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Council of States ⓘ

President of the Council of States → officeHolderOf → Council of States presidency ⓘ

linked to: President of the Council of States

Vice President of the Council of States → assists → President of the Council of States ⓘ

Vice President of the Council of States → deputizesFor → President of the Council of States ⓘ

First Vice President of the National Council → relatedOffice → President of the Council of States ⓘ

President of the Council of States (Switzerland) → nativeLabel → Presidente del Consiglio degli Stati ⓘ