Robert Comtesse
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Robert Comtesse (14 August 1847, in Valangin – 17 November 1922) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912).
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899 and resigned on 4 March 1912. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party.
Federal Departments
While in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Finance (1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Department of Justice and Police (1901)
- Department of Posts and Railways (1902, 1912)
- Department of Finance (1903, 1905–09, 1911)
- Political Department as President of the Confederation (1904, 1911)
Honours
"Quai Robert-Comtesse" in Neuchâtel and "Rue Robert-Comtesse" in Cernier are named after Comtesse.
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Categories:
- 1847 births
- 1922 deaths
- People from Val-de-Ruz District
- Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
- Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)
- Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
- Ministers of environment, transport, energy and communications of Switzerland
- Justice ministers of Switzerland
- Finance ministers of Switzerland
- Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
- Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)
- University of Neuchâtel alumni
- Foreign ministers of Switzerland