Robert Comtesse

Robert Comtesse (14 August 1847, in Valangin – 17 November 1922) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912).

15 August 1910 – the first state visit ever to the Swiss Confederation (Federal State of 1848) takes place: The President of the Swiss Confederation, Robert Comtesse (right), and the President of the French Republic, Armand Fallières, leave the cour d'honneur of the French ambassador's residence at 44 Sulgeneckstrasse in Bern in a brand new De Dion-Bouton Landaulet Type CH for a city tour (this model was only produced in 1910).

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899 and resigned on 4 March 1912. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.

Federal Departments

While in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Finance (1900)^[1]
• Department of Justice and Police (1901)
• Department of Posts and Railways (1902, 1912)
• Department of Finance (1903, 1905–09, 1911)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1904, 1911)

Honours

"Quai Robert-Comtesse" in Neuchâtel and "Rue Robert-Comtesse" in Cernier are named after Comtesse.