OBELIS Swiss Administrative Elites

There are two samples of Switzerland's administrative elite positions on SWISSUbase: 1/ Senior civil servants and Federal Judges This sample of federal administrative elites includes members of the chancellery (chancellors and vice-chancellors), secretaries-general and deputy secretaries of federal departments, all directors of offices in federal departments, members of the SNB Executive Board and members of the Federal Supreme Court.

In addition, Secretaries of State from 1980 onwards are included under Office Directors since they also hold this position (n= 904 positions in the archived dataset). 2/ Members of the extra-parliamentary committees This sample includes members of the extra-parliamentary committees, often described in the literature as a "militia administration". These are "meeting places", bringing together representatives from the political, administrative, economic, scientific, and academic spheres, as well as from the cantons.