The advocate Philippe Müller, who was elected President of the Cantonal Government by the Grand Council, studied agronomy and law at the ETH Zurich and the University of Bern. Prior to his political career, he was a member of the Executive Board of CSL Behring AG. Müller is also a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He has been a member of the Government Council of the Canton of Bern and Head of the Security Directorate SID since 2018.