Through the years with a Swiss leader

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Graubünden politician Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf was sworn into the Swiss cabinet on December 13, 2007. (KEYSTONE/POOL/Ruben Sprich) Keystone

Queen bee: Party leader Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf attended the Conservative Democratic Party meeting in Aarau on September 5, 2015. (KEYSTONE/Alexandra Wey) Keystone

Like father, like daughter: With former cabinet minister Leon Schlumpf during the autumn parliamentary session in Flims in September 2006 (KEYSTONE/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone

Handover: Former Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz as he gave Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf his seat on October 28, 2010 (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, as the Swiss President, addressing the opening of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2012 (Keystone) Keystone

Posing for a selfie in Biel on July 2, 2015 (KEYSTONE/Marcel Bieri) Keystone

Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf gives a news conference after her meeting with European interior ministers at the council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on February 25, 2010. (Keystone) Keystone

Shadow of the finance minister during a media conference on the gold initiative in October 2014 (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone

Upon being named Swiss of the Year 2008 in Zurich on January 10, 2009 (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri) Keystone

With party colleagues during an outing in Seegraeben on June 10, 2015 (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri) Keystone

Discussing asylum issues with Swiss People’s Party parliamentarian Christoph Blocher in April 2013 (KEYSTONE/Peter Schneider) Keystone

Doling out rolls at a Swiss National Day farm brunch in Safien, Graubünden, on August 1, 2015 (KEYSTONE/Arno Balzarini) Keystone

At a meeting of the Conservative Democratic Party in Neuchâtel in October 2012 (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott) Keystone

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Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has served as justice minister, finance minister and Swiss president.