| Viktor Rossi | |
| Office: | 17th Chancellor of Switzerland |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2024 |
| President: | Viola Amherd |
| 1Namedata: | André Simonazzi Jörg De Bernardi (acting) |
| Predecessor: | Walter Thurnherr |
| Office1: | Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland |
| Term Start1: | 1 May 2019 |
| Term End1: | 31 December 2023 |
| Alongside1: | André Simonazzi |
| Chancellor1: | Walter Thurnherr |
| Predecessor1: | Jörg De Bernardi |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Party: | Green Liberal Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Bern |
Viktor Rossi (born 31 October 1968) is a Swiss politician and civil servant. A member of the Green Liberal Party, he became Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland on 1 May 2019.[1] [2] On 13 December 2023, he was elected Federal Chancellor of Switzerland, succeeding Walter Thurnherr, and took office on 1 January 2024.
Rossi attended primary and secondary school in the canton of Bern, apprenticed as a cook between 1984 and 1987, obtained a maturity diploma in economics at the Private school Humboldtianum in Bern, before attaining a teacher's degree in Law and Economics at Bern University in 1996.[3] [4]
In 2015, he completed a diploma of Advanced Studies in Law at Bern University. After graduating, he started teaching Trade at the commercial school (BFB) in Biel, before leading the school in 1999. In parallel, he was at first vice-president of the conference of rectors of commercial schools in the Canton Bern between 2004 and 2009, then president in 2009.
Rossi joined the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland in October 2010, leading the Records Management and Logistics department. In 2015, he was Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr's delegate supervisor for the IT project GENOVA. In December 2018, the Federal Council elected Rossi Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland.[5]
He took office on 1 May 2019 and has been leading the Federal Council's affairs. He entered the race to succeed Walter Thurnherr at the end of 2023 to fill the position of Chancellor of the Confederation. He was elected on 13 December. His predecessor, Jörg De Bernardi, took over his post ad interim.[6]
Rossi is a native German and Italian speaker. He is married and the father of two.[7]