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{{Short description|Swiss politician (1889–1980)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = Enrico Celio
| image              = Enrico Celio.gif
| alt                = 
| office             = [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]]
| term_start         = 1 January 1948
| term_end           = 31 December 1948
| predecessor        = [[Philipp Etter]]
| successor          = [[Ernst Nobs]]
| term_start1        = 1 January 1943
| term_end1          = 31 December 1943
| predecessor1       = Philipp Etter
| successor1         = [[Walther Stampfli]]
| office2            = [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Swiss Federal Councillor]]
| term_start2        = 22 February 1940
| term_end2          = 15 October 1950
| subterm2           = '''Department'''
| suboffice2         = [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Posts and Railways]]
| predecessor2       = [[Giuseppe Motta]]
| successor2         = [[Josef Escher]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1889|6|19|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Ambrì]], Ticino, Switzerland
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1980|2|23|1889|6|19|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Lugano]], Ticino, Switzerland
| party              = [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party]]
}}
'''Enrico Celio''' (19 June 1889 – 23 February 1980) was a Swiss politician who served as a [[List of members of the Swiss Federal Council|Federal Councillor]] between 22 February 1940 and his resignation on 15 October 1950. He was affiliated to the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]].

During his office time he held the [[Department of Posts and Railways]] and was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] twice in 1943 and 1948.

==Biography==
Enrico Celio was born in [[Ambrì]], a hamlet of [[Quinto, Ticino|Quinto]], as the second son of Emilio Celio, a school inspector and of Maria Danzi. He attended the [[Salesians of Don Bosco|Salesian]] gymnasium in [[Balerna]]<ref>{{HDS|2222|Balerna}}</ref> and received his high school diploma at the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] in [[Milan]]. He [[Laurea|graduated]] in literature and [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Fribourg]] in 1915. From 1916 to 1921 he was a [[journalist]] and then director of the newspaper of the [[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]] [[Conservatism|conservative]] party People and Freedom. In 1921 he resumed his studies in [[Jurisprudence|law]] at [[Fribourg]], earning a licensed [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He was a member of the [[Grand Council of Ticino|Grand Council]]<ref>{{HDS|10082|Grand Council}}</ref> of Ticino in the ranks of the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|conservative party]]<ref>{{HDS|17377|Conservative party}}</ref> from 1913 to 1932.

He was elected to the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]]<ref>{{HDS|10081|National Council}}</ref> in 1924 from 1927 to 1928 and in 1932. In 1932 he succeeded Giuseppe Cattori in the Ticino State Council<ref>{{HDS|10243|State Council}}</ref> where he took the lead of the Department of Public Education and Justice and Police.<ref>Lepori, Panzera, 1989, 98-102.</ref>

In February 1940 he was elected to the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council of Switzerland]]<ref>{{HDS|10085|Federal Council}}</ref> to replace Giuseppe Motta<ref>{{HDS|3524|Giuseppe Motta}}</ref> where he held the [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Post and Railways]] for ten years. On two occasions he was [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] in 1943 and in 1948.

He officially opened the [[1948 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Enrico Celio |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1100030 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

==Works==
*Enrico Celio, An example of life: Giuseppe Motta, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1957; Idem, The Leventine revolt of 1755, Grassi 6 Co, Bellinzona 1958.

==Bibliography==
* Editorial, "Election to the Federal Council", in Popolo e Libertà of 22 February 1940.
* Eugen Teucher, '' Unsere Bundesräte seit 1848 in Bild und Wort '', Basel 1944, 333–335.
* Giovanni Ferretti, '' Ad vocem '', in '' Enciclopedia Italiana 1938-1948 '', «Appendix II, A-H», Rome 1948, 550.
* Editorial '' Necrologio '', in [[Corriere del Ticino]] of 25 February 1980.
* Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (edited by), '' the Men our. Thirty biographies of politicians '', Armando Dadò publisher, Locarno 1989, 98-102.
* Fabrizio Panzera, '' Enrico Celio '', in Urs Altermatt (edited by), '' Die Schweizer Bundesräte: ein biographisches Lexikon '', Artemis & Winkler, Zurich and Munich 1991.

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==External links==
*{{Swiss Federal Councillor|enrico-celio}}
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*{{20th Century Press Archives|FID=pe/003098}}

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