Eugène Ruffy was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council

Swiss Federal Council

The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....

 on December 14, 1893, and resigned on October 31, 1899. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....

.

During his time in office he headed the following departments:

• Department of Justice and Police (1894)
• Department of Home Affairs (1895)
• Department of Justice and Police (1895)
• Department of Home Affairs (1896 - 1897)
• Political Department (1898)
• Military Department (1899)

He was President of the Confederation in 1898.

His father, Victor Ruffy

Victor Ruffy

Victor Ruffy was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 6 December 1867, and died in office on 29 December 1869...

 (1823-1869), was a member of the Federal Council in 1868/1869. The younger Ruffy was the only person to succeed his father as a member of the council until the election of Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss lawyer, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2008. She is currently the head of the Federal Department of Finance ....

in 2007.

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