Marc-Émile Ruchet
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Marc-Émile Ruchet (14 September 1853, in Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges – 13 July 1912, in Bern) was a French-speaking Swiss politician.[1]
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 14 December 1899 and resigned on 9 July 1912, only four days before his death. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party.
While in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Home Affairs (1900 –1903)
- Department of Finance (1904)[2]
- Political Department (1905)
- Department of Home Affairs (1906–1910)
- Political Department (1911)
- Department of Home Affairs (1912)
He was President of the Confederation twice, in 1905 and 1911.