Johann Jakob Scherer
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Switzerland
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politician.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council
Swiss Federal Council
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on July 12, 1872 and died in office on December 23, 1878. He was affiliated to 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....
.
During his time in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Finance (1872–1873)
- Department of Railway and Trade (1873–1874)
- Political Department (1875)
- Military Department (1876–1878)
He was President of the Confederation in 1875.