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Elisabeth Kopp

1936 - 2023

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Anna Elisabeth Kopp (née Iklé; 16 December 1936 – 7 April 2023) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was the first woman to serve in the Swiss government, the Federal Council. She held that office from 2 October 1984 to 12 January 1989, when she resigned following a scandal over an alleged breach of official secrecy. She previously served as a member of the National Council from 1979 to 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth Kopp is the 12,769th most popular politician (down from 12,708th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 404th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elisabeth Kopp ranks 12,769 out of 19,576. Before her are Ivan Dziuba, Nur-Adad, Arturo Rawson, Vladimir Potanin, Bernd Lucke, and Milan Jelić. After her are Simon Vratsian, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Said Mohamed Djohar, Joshua Nkomo, Marc-Émile Ruchet, and Ólafur Thors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Elisabeth Kopp ranks 291. Before her are Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Henri Richard, Zdeněk Svěrák, Judea Pearl, Tamás Mendelényi, and Jean-Claude Turcotte. After her are Diana Hyland, Christopher Alexander, Kazuo Koike, Emil Loteanu, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, and Lino Banfi. Among people deceased in 2023, Elisabeth Kopp ranks 260. Before her are Ernst Tugendhat, Doyle Brunson, Nadja Tiller, Margit Carstensen, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, and Meir Shalev. After her are Tatjana Patitz, Pat McCormick, Klaus Teuber, Renate Boy, Reino Börjesson, and Paul Johnson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Elisabeth Kopp ranks 399 out of 1,015. Before her are Jean Reynier (1771), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Thomas Bickel (1963), Ella Maillart (1903), Edmond Privat (1889), and Albert Meyer (1870). After her are Robert Ballaman (1926), Marc-Émile Ruchet (1853), Corina Casanova (1956), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Stéphane Chapuisat (1969), and Jakob Hermann (1678).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Elisabeth Kopp ranks 66. Before her are Walter Hauser (1837), Fritz Platten (1883), Alois Estermann (1954), Adolf Ogi (1942), Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889), and Albert Meyer (1870). After her are Marc-Émile Ruchet (1853), Corina Casanova (1956), Josef Munzinger (1791), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), Ernst Brenner (1856), and Max Petitpierre (1899).

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