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Kurt Furgler

1924 - 2008

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Kurt Furgler (24 June 1924 – 23 July 2008) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1971 and handed over office on 31 December 1986. He was affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the following departments: Federal Department of Justice and Police (1972–1982) Federal Department of Economic Affairs (1983–1986) He was President of the Confederation three times in 1977, 1981 and 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Furgler is the 14,793rd most popular politician (down from 13,838th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt Furgler ranks 14,793 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert C. O'Brien, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Zakir Hasanov, R. B. Bennett, Liberius, and Gilbert Diendéré. After him are Jean-Pierre Bemba, Theodore I Calliopas, Günther Beckstein, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Portia Simpson-Miller, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kurt Furgler ranks 344. Before him are Audouin Dollfus, Leonard Rosenman, Joseph Nérette, Omero Tognon, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, and Friedrich L. Bauer. After him are Maria Sander, Norbert Schemansky, Ruth Leuwerik, Emmanuel Scheffer, Hans Kalt, and Yoshiaki Arata. Among people deceased in 2008, Kurt Furgler ranks 246. Before him are Leonard Rosenman, Wu Xueqian, Tom Lantos, Ola Brunkert, John Templeton, and Eugenio Montejo. After him are William Gibson, Gábor Delneky, Halszka Osmólska, Sergey Mergelyan, Mikhail Solomentsev, and Luis de Souza Ferreira.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Kurt Furgler ranks 516 out of 1,015. Before him are Heinz Hermann (1958), Kurt Armbruster (1934), Paul Scherrer (1890), Martin Suter (1948), Karl Bodmer (1809), and Gottfried Honegger (1917). After him are Ludwig von Moos (1910), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), Willy Jäggi (1906), Heinrich Schmid (1921), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), and Giuseppe Lepori (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Kurt Furgler ranks 96. Before him are Albert Gallatin (1761), Emil Frey (1838), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Numa Droz (1844), Daniel Risch (1978), and Rudolf Gnägi (1917). After him are Ludwig von Moos (1910), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Ernst Wetter (1877), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), and Eugen Huber (1849).

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