Edmund Schulthess

Edmund Schulthess
Schulthess c. 1935
President of Switzerland
In office
1 January 1933 – 31 December 1933
Preceded byGiuseppe Motta
Succeeded byMarcel Pilet-Golaz
In office
1 January 1928 – 31 December 1928
Preceded byGiuseppe Motta
Succeeded byRobert Haab
In office
1 January 1921 – 31 December 1921
Preceded byGiuseppe Motta
Succeeded byRobert Haab
In office
1 January 1917 – 31 December 1917
Preceded byCamille Decoppet
Succeeded byFelix Calonder
Swiss Federal Councillor
In office
17 July 1912 – 15 April 1935
DepartmentEconomic Affairs
Preceded byAdolf Deucher
Succeeded byHermann Obrecht
Personal details
Born(1868-03-02)2 March 1868
Villnachern, Aargau, Switzerland
Died22 April 1944(1944-04-22) (aged 76)
Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
PartyFree Democratic Party
Spouse
Marguerite Jeanne Disqué
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(m. 1892)​
Children1

Edmund Schulthess (2 March 1868 – 22 April 1944) was a Swiss attorney and politician who served on the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1912 to 1935. Schulthess also concurrently served as President of the Swiss Confederation four times in 1917, 1921, 1928 and 1933.

Early life and education

Schulthess was born 2 March 1868 in Villnachern, Switzerland, the youngest of four children, to Edmund Schulthess (1826–1906), a farmer and estate owner, and German-born Brigitta Cornelia Schulthess (née Marth; 1828–1896), into an affluent Protestant family.[1] Among his siblings was Wilhelm Schulthess.

His paternal ancestors, which included noted educator and philanthropist Anna Pestalozzi-Schulthess as well as Barbara Schulthess, where socially prominent in Zurich in the 18th century and belonged to the bourgeoisie.[2] Notably they were active in the silk industry and later operated a confectionary at Rüdenplatz. His mother was originally from Hanau in the Province of Hesse-Nassau.

In 1888, Schulthess passed his school-leaving examinations at Old Cantonal School Aarau and subsequently studied law at the universities of Strasbourg, Munich, Leipzig, Bern, and Paris.

Political career

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 July 1912[3] and handed over office on 15 April 1935.[4] He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.[5] During his time in office he held the following departments:

He was President of the Swiss Confederation four times, in 1917,[6] 1921,[7] 1928 and 1933.[8]

Personal life

In 1892, Schulthess married French-born Marguerite Jeanne Disqué (1870–1960), originally from Saint-Quentin, Aisne in Picardy, at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Berne. They had one daughter:

  • Nelly Marguerite Jeanne Schulthess (1903–1999), married to Portuguese-born Vasco de Quevedo Pessanha (born 1909), of Portuguese nobility. His father was the Ambassador of Portugal to Switzerland in Berne. They had four children.[9][10]

He died on 22 April 1944 in Bern.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Altermatt, Urs (1991). Die Schweizer Bundesräte: ein biographisches Lexikon (in German). Huber. p. 321. ISBN 978-3-7608-0702-7. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Silber, Käte (1932). Anna Pestalozzi-Schultheß und der Frauenkreis um Pestalozzi. Berlin and Leipzig: De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783111564067. ISBN 9783111564067. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ "Edmund Schulthess". hls-dhs-dss.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Böschenstein, Hermann (1981). Bundesrat Obrecht, 1882-1940. Vogt-Schild. p. 156. ISBN 978-3-85962-054-4. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Edmund Schulthess". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Lodge, Henry Cabot (1928). The History of Nations. P.F.Collier. p. 597. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Staats-kalender der Schweizerischen eidgenossenschaft: Annuaire de la Confédération suisse. Annuario della Confederazione svizzera (in German). Cancelleria federale. 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Edmund Schulthess". FDP (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Death notice Schulthess-Disqué (1960) https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19440424-01.2.39.1&srpos=6&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-schulthess%252Ddisque-------0-----
  10. ↑ https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19991016-01.2.73.1&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-Vasco+de+Quevedo-------0-----
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