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Jakob Stämpfli

1820 - 1879

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Jakob Stämpfli (23 February 1820 – 15 May 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1854–1863). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 6 December 1854, and handed over office on 31 December 1863. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his time in office he held the following departments: Department of Justice and Police (1855) Political Department as President of the Confederation (1856) Department of Finance (1857–1858) Political Department as President of the Confederation (1859) Military Department (1860–1861) Political Department as President of the Confederation (1862) Military Department (1863) Jakob Stämpfli was also member of the international tribunal that had to decide on the Alabama Claims in 1871. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob Stämpfli is the 14,245th most popular politician (down from 14,236th in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 495th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jakob Stämpfli ranks 14,245 out of 19,576Before him are Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Joseph De Combe, Emil Frey, José Serra, Rick Perry, and Joaquín Jovellar y Soler. After him are Gaius Licinius Stolo, Otto Schily, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Bodil Katharine Biørn, and Amr ibn al-Layth.

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Among people born in 1820, Jakob Stämpfli ranks 67Before him are Mariano Melgarejo, William Howard Russell, Alexander Serov, Andrej Sládkovič, Gillis Bildt, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Maria Katharina Kasper, Lorenz Frølich, Pierre Nord Alexis, Victor Puiseux, and Johannes Rebmann. Among people deceased in 1879, Jakob Stämpfli ranks 49Before him are Jeanne Jugan, Lyuben Karavelov, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Miguel Grau Seminario, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, and Édouard Spach. After him are William Lloyd Garrison, Peter Michal Bohúň, Joseph Hooker, Edward Blore, László Paál, and Peter Arnold Heise.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jakob Stämpfli ranks 485 out of 1,015Before him are Bernard Fellay (1958), Adolf Meyer (1866), Émil Goeldi (1859), Albert Gallatin (1761), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), and Emil Frey (1838). After him are Robert Pinget (1919), Marie-Theres Nadig (1954), Alex Zülle (1968), Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724), Paul Niggli (1888), and Florian Cajori (1859).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jakob Stämpfli ranks 92Before him are Fritz Honegger (1917), Otto Stich (1927), Johannes Baumann (1874), Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Albert Gallatin (1761), and Emil Frey (1838). After him are Numa Droz (1844), Daniel Risch (1978), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), and Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802).