Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (April 28, 1834 - September 14, 1893) was a Swiss

Switzerland

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 politician.

He was first elected to the Swiss Federal Council

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 on 10 December 1875, but declined the election. He was elected again and accepted the election on March 3, 1881 and died in office on September 14, 1893. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

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.

During his time in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Trade and Agriculture (1881)
• Department of Justice and Police (1882)
• Political Department (1883)
• Department of Justice and Police (1884 - 1893)

He was President of the Confederation twice in 1883 and 1890.

Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet in Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

 is named after him.

There is a portrait of Louis Ruchonnet by Adolfo Müller-Ury

Adolfo Müller-Ury

Adolfo Muller-Ury was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.-Heritage and early life in Switzerland:...

(1862-1947), signed 'A Muller-Uri 1888' in the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne. It was the gift of his son Ernest Ruchonnet in 1894.

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