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Albert Meyer

1870 - 1953

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Albert Meyer (13 March 1870 – 22 October 1953) was a Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1915-1930) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929–1938). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 December 1929 and handed over office on 31 December 1938. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his time in office he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1930 to 1934 and the Department of Finance from 1934 to 1938, and was President of the Confederation in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Meyer is the 12,706th most popular politician (up from 13,126th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 415th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert Meyer ranks 12,706 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Rudamun, Günther Schwägermann, Juan Almonte, Yaroslav II of Kiev, and Adalgis. After him are Hippolyte Carnot, Hugh II of Cyprus, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Fred Thompson, and Dorothea Köring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Albert Meyer ranks 108. Before him are Yi Jun-yong, Peter Struve, Evgeny Paton, Albert Sechehaye, Helmer Hanssen, and Magnus Enckell. After him are Dadasaheb Phalke, Henri Jaspar, Safvet-beg Bašagić, John Isaac Briquet, Max Berg, and Louis Bachelier. Among people deceased in 1953, Albert Meyer ranks 110. Before him are Nicolae Rădescu, Ralph Linton, Erich Weinert, Nigel Bruce, Arnold Bax, and Maude Adams. After him are Dumarsais Estimé, Pierre Dupong, André Auffray, Ugo Betti, Hrachia Acharian, and Grzegorz Fitelberg.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albert Meyer ranks 398 out of 1,015. Before him are Fritz Schär (1926), Jean Reynier (1771), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Thomas Bickel (1963), Ella Maillart (1903), and Edmond Privat (1889). After him are Elisabeth Kopp (1936), Robert Ballaman (1926), Marc-Émile Ruchet (1853), Corina Casanova (1956), Antonio Ciseri (1821), and Stéphane Chapuisat (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Albert Meyer ranks 65. Before him are Paul Grüninger (1891), Walter Hauser (1837), Fritz Platten (1883), Alois Estermann (1954), Adolf Ogi (1942), and Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889). After him are Elisabeth Kopp (1936), Marc-Émile Ruchet (1853), Corina Casanova (1956), Josef Munzinger (1791), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), and Ernst Brenner (1856).

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