Gustave Ador | |
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| President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 1919 – 31 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Felix Calonder |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Motta |
| Swiss Federal Councillor | |
| In office 26 June 1917 – 31 December 1919 | |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Hoffmann |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Musy |
| President of the National Council | |
| In office 1901–1902 | |
| Preceded by | Fritz Bühlmann |
| Succeeded by | Ulrich Meister |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1845-12-23)23 December 1845 Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Died | 31 March 1928(1928-03-31) (aged 82) Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Academy of Geneva |
Gustave Ador (23 December 1845 – 31 March 1928) was a Swiss politician who wasPresident of the Confederation in 1919.
Ador was born inCologny, a municipality of Geneva. He was the grandson of Jean Pierre Ador, an immigrant fromVaud, who obtained his Genevan citizenship in 1814. Ador studied law at the Academy of Geneva (nowa university), and in 1868 became a lawyer.[1]
In 1871, Ador started his political career as a member of the communal council ofCologny, and was twice mayor, in 1878-9 and 1883-5. He was a member of thecantonal parliament 1874-6, and continuously from 1878 to 1915 save for a short break in 1902. In 1878-9 he represented Geneva in theSwiss Council of States. Then he became a member of the executive of thecanton of Geneva, being put in charge of the Department of Justice and Police. He resigned after an unfavourable election in 1880, but once more became a member of the cantonal executive in 1885, and for 12 years had charge of the cantonal finances.[1]
In 1889, he became a member of theSwiss National Council, and remained so until 1917, being electedPresident of the Swiss National Council in 1901. He was president of the cantonal executive in 1890, 1892, and 1896. In 1894, he became lieutenant-colonel in theSwiss Army.
Ador served as the president of theInternational Committee of the Red Cross from 1910 to 1928.[2] In 1914, he founded in Geneva the association for facilitating communications between prisoners of war and the central Geneva agency, and succeeded in giving this enterprise great importance and a widespread extension.[1]
After the enforced resignation ofArthur Hoffmann, Ador, in order to soothe theEntente, became afederal councillor (a member of the Federal Executive) on 26 June 1917. He was entrusted with theDepartment of Foreign Affairs. Towards the end of 1918, he was elected by Parliament to be theSwiss President for 1919, but retired from the Federal Executive at the end of his year of office, on 31 December 1919.[1]
During his time as councilor, along with being in the Department of Foreign Affairs (1917), he was later in theDepartment of Home Affairs (1918–1919). He was affiliated with theLiberal Party.
In 1920, Ador chaired theBrussels International Financial Conference.
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| Preceded by | President of the National Council 1901/1902 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1917–1919 | Succeeded by |
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