Education
There he graduated from a local university and received higher education. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 and had been doing lecturing in economics for 10 years.
economist politician president
There he graduated from a local university and received higher education. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 and had been doing lecturing in economics for 10 years.
Joseph Deiss started his political career in 1981 as a representative of his party in the cantonal parliament of Fribourg. In 1991 he became the president of the cantonal parliament for one year. Between 1982 and 1996 Deiss was the mayor of his home village Barberêche (FR). In 1991 he was elected to the National Council. From 1995 to 1996 Deiss was vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council. In 1996 he was made president of the committee in charge of the total revision of the Swiss Constitution. Deiss was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on March 11, 1999, along with his erstwhile colleague Ruth Metzler-Arnold. In office, he has headed the following departments:
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (1999–2002)
Federal Department of Economic Affairs (since 2003)
On April 27, 2006, Deiss rather unexpectedly resigned as Federal Councillor. Joseph Deiss took on the post of lecturing Economics at the University of Fribourg. In 1983 he was made visiting professor at a number of Swiss universities: ETH Zurich, University of Lausanne and University of Geneva. From 1993 to 1996 Joseph Deiss acted as National Price Supervisor. He then returned to the University of Fribourg to become the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. At this time at university, Joseph Deiss was also the chairman of the Board of Directors at Schumacher AG in Schmitten (FR) and chairman of the Raiffeisenbank in Haut-Lac, Courtepin (FR).
Manuel d'économie politique (Manual of Political Economy)
Initiation à l'économie politique : analyse économique de la Suisse (Introduction to economics: economic analysis of Switzerland)
Economie politique et politique économique de la Suisse (Political Economy and Economic Policy in Switzerland)
The regional adjustment process and regional monetary policy
La théorie pure des termes de l'échange international (The pure theory of international terms of trade)
Deiss is married and has three sons.