Edmund Schulthess | |
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_circa_1916.jpg) Schulthessc. 1916 | |
| President of Switzerland | |
| In office 1 January 1933 – 31 December 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Motta |
| Succeeded by | Marcel Pilet-Golaz |
| In office 1 January 1928 – 31 December 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Motta |
| Succeeded by | Robert Haab |
| In office 1 January 1921 – 31 December 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Motta |
| Succeeded by | Robert Haab |
| In office 1 January 1917 – 31 December 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Camille Decoppet |
| Succeeded by | Felix Calonder |
| Swiss Federal Councillor | |
| In office 17 July 1912 – 15 April 1935 | |
| Department | Economic Affairs |
| Preceded by | Adolf Deucher |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Obrecht |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1868-03-02)2 March 1868 Villnachern, Aargau, Switzerland |
| Died | 22 April 1944(1944-04-22) (aged 76) Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
Edmund Schulthess (2 March 1868 – 22 April 1944) was a Swiss politician and member of theSwiss Federal Council (1912–1935).
He was born on 2 March 1868 inVillnachern to Edmund Schulthess (Landwirt, 4 January 1826 - 10 April 1906) and wife (m. 15 May 1851) Cornelia Brigitta Marth (22 June 1828 - 22 February 1896).[1] He was the brother of internist and pediatricianWilhelm Schulthess (1855–1917) and great-great-grandnephew of educator and philanthropistAnna Pestalozzi-Schulthess and born into the Schulthess family, a wealthy and renowned merchant family which ran a bakery andKonditorei (confectionery) at theRüdenplatz inZürich.[2]
He was elected to theSwiss Federal Council on 17 July 1912[3] and handed over office on 15 April 1935.[4] He was affiliated to theFree Democratic Party.[5] During his time in office he held the following departments:
He wasPresident of the Swiss Confederation four times, in 1917,[6] 1921,[7] 1928 and 1933.[8]
He died on 22 April 1944 in Bern.[8]
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 inBern on 30 November 1933. She and her Portuguese husband (Vasco Francisco Caetano de Castro Coutinho de Quevedo Pessanha, born inLisbon, Coração de Jesus, on 3 July 1909, great-grandson of the 1st Baron of the Quinta do Ferro and 1st Viscount of the Quinta do Ferro and of the 1st Viscount of Portalegre and great-great-grandson of the 1st Viscount of Castelo Branco and of the 1st Baron of Oleiros and 1st Viscount of Oleiros) continued the family line.
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