Edmund Schulthess

Edmund Schulthess, c. 1916

Edmund Schulthess (2 March 1868 – 22 April 1944) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912–1935).

Biography

He was born on 2 March 1868 in Villnachern to Edmund Schulthess (1826–1906) and Cornelia Brigitta Marth (1828–1896).[1]

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 July 1912[2] and handed over office on 15 April 1935.[3] He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.[4] During his time in office he held the following departments:

He was President of the Confederation four times in 1917,[5] 1921,[6] 1928 and 1933.[7]

He died on 22 April 1944 in Bern.[7]

Family

He married Marguerite Jeanne Disqué (born c. 1880) and had a daughter Nelly Marguerite Jeanne Schulthess, born in Switzerland on 13 August 1903. Like her parents, she married at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Bern on 30 November 1933. She and her Portuguese husband (Vasco Francisco Caetano de Castro Coutinho de Quevedo Pessanha, born in Lisbon, Coração de Jesus, on 3 July 1909) continued the family line.

References

  1. ^ Altermatt, Urs (1991). Die Schweizer Bundesräte: ein biographisches Lexikon (in German). Huber. p. 321. ISBN 978-3-7608-0702-7. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Edmund Schulthess". hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ Böschenstein, Hermann (1981). Bundesrat Obrecht, 1882-1940. Vogt-Schild. p. 156. ISBN 978-3-85962-054-4. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Edmund Schulthess". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ^ Lodge, Henry Cabot (1928). The History of Nations. P.F.Collier. p. 597. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ Staats-kalender der Schweizerischen eidgenossenschaft: Annuaire de la Confédération suisse. Annuario della Confederazione svizzera (in German). Cancelleria federale. 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Edmund Schulthess". FDP (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
Preceded by Member of the Swiss Federal Council
1912–1935 		Succeeded by


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