Joseph Deiss [SEP] educated at
rather unexpectedly resigned as Federal Councillor. The CVP's seat not being contested by the other parties, he was succeeded by the president of the CVP, Doris Leuthard, who took over from Deiss on 1 August 2006.
Professional career.
Joseph Deiss studied economics and social sciences for his first degree at the University of Fribourg. He continued to complete a doctorate at the same university after which he spent some time doing research at King's College at the University of Cambridge.
After this period of research Joseph Deiss
by Joseph Jay Deiss, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York 1966.
- "Captains of Fortune, Profiles of Six Italian Condottieri" by Joseph Jay Deiss, Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1966.
- "The Roman Years of Margaret Fuller" by Joseph Jay Deiss, Thomas Y, Crowell Company, New York, 1969.
- "The Town of Hercules, A Buried Treasure Trove" by Joseph Jay Deiss, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995