Robert Comtesse
member of the Swiss Federal Council (1847-1922) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Comtesse (14 August 1847 – 17 November 1922) was a Swiss politician. He was born in Valangin, Switzerland.
Comtesse was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899. He retired on 4 March 1912. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party.
During his office time he held the following departments:
- Department of Finance (1900)
- Department of Justice and Police (1901)
- Department of Posts and Railways (1902, 1912)
- Department of Finance (1903, 1905–09, 1911)
- Political Department (1904, 1910)
He was President of the Confederation in 1904 and again in 1910.
Comtesse died on 17 November 1922 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland at the age of 75.
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- Profile of Robert Comtesse with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.
- Robert Comtesse in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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