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Jakob Dubs

1822 - 1879

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Jakob Dubs (26 July 1822 – 13 January 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1861–1872). Along with Gustave Moynier and Guillaume-Henri Dufour, he founded the Swiss Red Cross in July 1866, and served as its first President until 1872. He was elected to the Federal Council on 30 July 1861 and handed over office on 28 May 1872. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Dubs is the 11,940th most popular politician (down from 10,151st in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jakob Dubs ranks 11,940 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhang Qun, Gianfranco Fini, Salvador Jorge Blanco, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Louis St. Laurent, and Stephen II of Croatia. After him are Micheál Martin, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Chung Un-chan, Bernardino Drovetti, and Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Jakob Dubs ranks 51. Before him are Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Adolf Kussmaul, Albrecht Ritschl, Korla Awgust Kocor, August Heinrich Petermann, and Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse. After him are Luis Sáenz Peña, Victor Massé, Mathew Brady, Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Frédéric Girard, and Gustav Spörer. Among people deceased in 1879, Jakob Dubs ranks 35. Before him are Paul Gervais, Baldomero Espartero, William Kingdon Clifford, Anthony Panizzi, Joseph Poelaert, and Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Michel Chevalier, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Johann von Lamont, Sergey Solovyov, and Nikolai Zaremba.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Dubs ranks 353 out of 1,015. Before him are Daniel Schmid (1941), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Alfred Newton (1829), and Salomon Gessner (1730). After him are René Burri (1933), Orgetorix (null), Klaus Huber (1924), Henri Colpi (1921), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), and Albert Heim (1849).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jakob Dubs ranks 56. Before him are Pierre Tirard (1827), Alain Berset (1972), Simeon Bavier (1825), Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Samuel Schmid (1947), and Henri Druey (1799). After him are Orgetorix (null), Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Paul Grüninger (1891), Walter Hauser (1837), Fritz Platten (1883), and Alois Estermann (1954).

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