Giovanni Battista Pioda
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Switzerland
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politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
Swiss Federal Council
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(1857-1864).
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 30 July 1857 and resigned on 26 January 1864. He was affiliated to 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 held the Department of Home Affairs.