Daniel-Henri Druey 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 of the 19th century and a founding father of constitutional democracy in Switzerland.http://liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=935

Early life

Druey was born in Faoug

Faoug

Faoug is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Faoug has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.2% is forested...

 in the Canton of Vaud

Vaud

Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

. After studying law at the academy in Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

 he engaged in further study at Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, Paris

Paris

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 and London

London

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Political career in Switzerland

When Druey returned to Switzerland, aged 29, he was chosen to sit on the Canton of Vaud's Great Council. Two years later he became a member of the State Council.http://liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=935

Druey 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 November 16, 1848, as one of the seven initial members. During his time in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Justice and Police (1848–1849)
• Political Department (1850) as President of the Confederation
• Department of Finance (1851)
• Department of Justice and Police (1852)
• Department of Finance (1853–1855)

and was President of the Confederation in 1850.

Druey died in office on March 29, 1855.

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