Cabinet elections

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An ovation for outgoing Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone

Votes being cast. (Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone

Pupils and locals follow the election in Felsberg, home of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone

An inhabitant of Felsberg "holds his thumbs" - the equivalent to crossing his fingers - waiting for the re-election of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini) Keystone

Conservative Democrat supporters fill a restaurant in Bern. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone

Glum faces among the Swiss People's Party: official candidate Jean-François Rime (left) and party president Toni Brunner. (Reuters/Pascal Lauener) Reuters

Multimedia: following the elections in Wängi, canton Thurgau. (Keystone/Ennio Leanza) Keystone

Social Democrat senator Hans Stöckli congratulates the new cabinet minister Alain Berset. Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone

The cabinet ministers are sworn in. (Reuters/Ruben Sprich) Reuters

Alain Berset accompanied by cabinet spokesman André Simonazzi. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone

Alain Berset meets the rest of the cabinet. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Keystone

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An emotional time for candidates and supporters.

On December 14, parliament elected the seven cabinet ministers for the next four years. The only new face was Alain Berset from the Social Democratic Party.