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Giuseppe Motta

1871 - 1940

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Giuseppe Motta (29 December 1871 – 23 January 1940) was a Swiss politician. He served as President of the Swiss Confederation 5 times. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1940) and President of the League of Nations (1924–1925). He was a Catholic-conservative foreign minister and a staunch opponent of communism and Stalinism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Motta is the 7,960th most popular politician (up from 9,429th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 264th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Giuseppe Motta ranks 7,960 out of 19,576Before him are Gotarzes I, Chris Hani, Il-Arslan, Tommy Burns, Kang Sheng, and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza. After him are Rached Ghannouchi, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Abu Inan Faris, Ignazio La Russa, and George I of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Giuseppe Motta ranks 53Before him are Hanns Heinz Ewers, Guillermo Kahlo, John Sloan, Fedor Tokarev, Erich von Tschermak, and Jovan Dučić. After him are Mariano Fortuny, Ovide Decroly, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Hermann Abert, Cesare Mori, and Gustavs Zemgals. Among people deceased in 1940, Giuseppe Motta ranks 64Before him are Luigi Orione, Paul Nizan, Joseph Meister, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Georgios Tsitas, and Marie Krøyer. After him are Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Arthur Zimmermann, Willi Münzenberg, Nedo Nadi, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Giuseppe Motta ranks 214 out of 1,015Before him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Guy Parmelin (1959), DJ BoBo (1968), Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou (1420), Ivan Rakitić (1988), and Bernard Tschumi (1944). After him are Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Jacob Sprenger (1435), Jost Amman (1539), Emma Jung (1882), Jean Ziegler (1934), and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Giuseppe Motta ranks 29Before him are Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), Ueli Maurer (1950), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Guy Parmelin (1959), and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou (1420). After him are Joseph Deiss (1946), Leonardo Conti (1900), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Ubol Ratana (1951), and Didier Burkhalter (1960).