21. It receives support from the Swiss Confederation under the Swiss Federal Law on University Funding. 22. Its principal shareholder is the Swiss Confederation , which holds 99.91 % of its share capital. 23. Gersau was for many centuries an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation . 24. This office is distinct from and ranks lower than the President of the Swiss Confederation . 25. In 2014 he was President of the Swiss Confederation . 26. It is, however, as the historian of the Swiss Confederation that he is best known. 27. Several states proposed that Neuch�tel be separated from but remain allied with the Swiss Confederation . 28. While Appenzell and St . Gallen became full members of the Swiss Confederation in 1454. 29. The portal Swiss-science . org was maintained by the Swiss Confederation and the company Science Com. 30. On 7 December 1880 he was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 1881.
