Josef Anton Schobinger
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Switzerland
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politician and member of 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....
(1908–1911).
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on June 17, 1908, and died in office on November 27, 1911. He was affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
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While in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Justice and Police (1908)
- Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1909)
- Department of Finance (1910)
- Department of Home Affairs (1911)