Robert Comtesse was a Swiss

Switzerland

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 politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council

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 (1899-1912).

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899 and resigned on 4 March 1912. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party

Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

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.

While in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Finance (1900)
• Department of Justice and Police (1901)
• Department of Posts and Railways (1902)
• Department of Finance (1903)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1904)
• Department of Finance (1905 - 1909)
• Political Department as President of the Confederation (1910)
• Department of Finance (1911)
• Department of Posts and Railways (1912)

"Quai Robert-Comtesse" in Neuchâtel and "Rue Robert-Comtesse" in Cernier

Cernier

Cernier is the capital of the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys,...

are named after Comtesse.

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