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Johannes Baumann

1874 - 1953

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Johannes Baumann (27 November 1874 in Herisau – 8 September 1953) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1934–1940). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 22 March 1934 and handed over office on 31 December 1940. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he held the Department of Justice and Police and was President of the Confederation in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Baumann is the 14,021st most popular politician (up from 14,598th in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 518th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johannes Baumann ranks 14,021 out of 19,576Before him are King Kuang of Zhou, Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, Liutprand of Benevento, Gertrude of Brunswick, Buenaventura Báez, and Ephraïm Inoni. After him are Refik Saydam, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, Markus Söder, Ion Ciubuc, Giovanni Passannante, and Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Johannes Baumann ranks 169Before him are Juan Bautista Sacasa, James Juvenal, Bunzō Hayata, Sténio Vincent, Carl Størmer, and Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias. After him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, André Gaudin, Penelope Delta, Arthur Meighen, Henri Deloge, and Ernst Streeruwitz. Among people deceased in 1953, Johannes Baumann ranks 127Before him are Alwin Mittasch, Carl Scarborough, David Curtiss Munson, Milovan Jakšić, Szilárd Bogdánffy, and Jean Becquerel. After him are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Leslie Graham, Issay Dobrowen, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, Paul Niggli, and Charles William Miller.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johannes Baumann ranks 473 out of 1,015Before him are Johann Amman (1707), Charles Antenen (1929), Konrad Stäheli (1931), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Pierre Cérésole (1879), and Robert Julius Trumpler (1886). After him are Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Théodore Flournoy (1854), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), and Bernard Fellay (1958).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Johannes Baumann ranks 88Before him are Bernhard Hammer (1822), Leon Schlumpf (1925), Kaspar Villiger (1941), Stefano Franscini (1796), Fritz Honegger (1917), and Otto Stich (1927). After him are Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Albert Gallatin (1761), Emil Frey (1838), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Numa Droz (1844), and Daniel Risch (1978).