Before the current head of Federal Department of Home Affairs was elected to the Federal Council, what did he do?
Federal Department of Home Affairs The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA, German: "Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern" , French: "Département fédéral de l'intérieur" , Italian: "Dipartimento federale dell'interno" , Romansh: "" ) is a department of the federal administration of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss ministry of the interior. As of 2012, it is headed by Federal Councillor Alain Berset.
Hans-Rudolf Merz Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician of FDP.The Liberals and former member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was the head of the Federal Department of Finance (the Swiss finance minister) from 2004 to 2010 and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2009. On 6 August 2010 Merz announced his resignation for October 2010.