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Jonas Furrer

1805 - 1861

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Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 1858. He was one of the leading figures in the foundation of Switzerland as a federal state. He was a member of the Radical Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Furrer is the 7,126th most popular politician (down from 7,054th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 185th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jonas Furrer ranks 7,126 out of 19,576. Before him are Lusius Quietus, Denis Thatcher, Drastamat Kanayan, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Herod of Chalcis, and Chadae of Goguryeo. After him are Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Rechila, Deokjong of Goryeo, Theron of Acragas, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, and Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Jonas Furrer ranks 25. Before him are Thomas Graham, George Müller, Ewelina Hańska, August Bournonville, Shirali Muslimov, and 9th Dalai Lama. After him are Princess Amalia of Sweden, Cochise, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Joseph Škoda, and John O. Westwood. Among people deceased in 1861, Jonas Furrer ranks 24. Before him are Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, Eugène de Mazenod, Heinrich Marschner, Henry Gray, and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska. After him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Henri Mouhot, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Teréz Brunszvik, and Karol Lipiński.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 188 out of 1,015. Before him are Marc Allégret (1900), Marina Doria (1935), Kurt Huber (1893), Werner Leimgruber (1934), Isabelle Eberhardt (1877), and Ruth Dreifuss (1940). After him are Michel Simon (1895), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Jo Siffert (1936), and Charles Bally (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jonas Furrer ranks 22. Before him are Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Louis of Cyprus (1436), Kurt Huber (1893), and Ruth Dreifuss (1940). After 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).

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