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Numa Droz

1844 - 1899

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Numa Droz (27 January 1844 – 15 December 1899) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875–1892). Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he was elected to cantonal government of Neuchâtel in 1871 and to the Swiss Council of States in 1872. On 18 December 1875, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council (becoming the youngest Federal Councillor ever at age 31) and handed over office on 31 December 1892. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Numa Droz is the 14,563rd most popular politician (down from 9,983rd in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 278th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Numa Droz ranks 14,563 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, Teodor Shteingel, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Hasan Saka, and Sandra Roelofs. After him are Guido Vildoso, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Alphonse Alley, Fazlullah Nouri, Bernard Dowiyogo, and Richard Lugar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Numa Droz ranks 90. Before him are Mutsu Munemitsu, Klaus Berntsen, William Robert Brooks, Vladan Đorđević, Lewis Powell, and Georgios Theotokis. After him are John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Dankmar Adler, Marie Hankel, Marie Spartali Stillman, Vassily Maximov, and Arthur Gardiner Butler. Among people deceased in 1899, Numa Droz ranks 71. Before him are Antonio Luna, Zsófia Torma, Klaus Groth, Juan Luna, Gaëtan de Rochebouët, and Ottmar Mergenthaler. After him are James Paget, Grant Allen, Teuku Umar, Wendela Hebbe, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, and Karolina Světlá.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Numa Droz ranks 500 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann David Wyss (1743), Urs Widmer (1938), René Bader (1922), Georges de Rham (1903), Nicolas Fuss (1755), and Aurelio Galfetti (1936). After him are Carlo Clerici (1929), Massimo Busacca (1969), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Daniel Risch (1978), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), and Robert Alt (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Numa Droz ranks 93. Before him are Otto Stich (1927), Johannes Baumann (1874), Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Albert Gallatin (1761), Emil Frey (1838), and Jakob Stämpfli (1820). After him are Daniel Risch (1978), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), and Giuseppe Lepori (1902).

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