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Didier Burkhalter
	Didier Burkhalter
	;
	Member of the Swiss Federal Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 November 2009
Preceded by	Pascal Couchepin
	Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 November 2009
Preceded by	Pascal Couchepin
Born	17 April 1960 (age 49);
Political party	Free Democratic Party

Didier Burkhalter (born April 17, 1960 in Neuchâtel) is a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PLR). He is a member of the Swiss Federal Council who was elected on 16 September 2009, and succeeded Pascal Couchepin on 1 November 2009 when he became head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs.

A native of the Canton of Neuchâtel, he was member of the parliament of the Canton of Neuchâtel from 1990 to 2001. From 2003 to 2007, Burkhalter was a member of the Swiss National Council. He has a degree in economics.

On 11 November 2007, he was elected to the Council of States, along with Social Democratic Party (SP) candidate Gisèle Ory, who was re-elected for a second term. Pierre Bonhôte, the other social democratic incumbent, was not re-elected. During the election campaign, Burkhalter was backed by the Liberal Party (PLS) and the SVP/UDC, though the SVP/UDC scarcely endorsed him publicly.