Martin J. Munzinger
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Switzerland
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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 16 November 1848, as one of the first seven Councilors. While in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Finance (1848 - 1850)
- Political Department (1851)
- Department of Finance (1852)
- Department of Posts and Construction (1853 - 1854)
- Department of Trade and Customs (1855)
and was President of the Confederation in 1851.
Munzinger died in office on 6 February 1855.
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: Bundesrat Munzinger: Der Vater des Schweizerfrankens, 2005