Jakob Stämpfli 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 and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1854-1863).

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 6 December 1854, and handed over office on 31 December 1863. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....

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During his time in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Justice and Police (1855)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1856)
• Department of Finance (1857 - 1858)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1859)
• Military Department (1860 - 1861)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1862)
• Military Department (1863)

Jakob Stämpfli was also member of the international tribunal that had to decide on the Alabama Claims

Alabama Claims

The Alabama Claims were a series of claims for damages by the United States government against the government of Great Britain for the assistance given to the Confederate cause during the American Civil War. After international arbitration endorsed the American position in 1872, Britain settled...

in 1871.

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