Encyclopedia > Camille Decoppet

Article Content

Camille Decoppet

Camille Decoppet (June 4, 1862 - January 14, 1925) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on July 17, 1912 and handed over office on December 31, 1919. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he held the following departments:

Department of Home Affairs[?] (1912)
Department of Justice and Police[?] (1913)
Department of Defence; Military Department[?] (1914 - 1919)

He was president of Switzerland in 1916.

Predecessor: Marc-Emile Ruchet
Successor: Ernest Chuard

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Northwest Harbor, New York

... households are made up of individuals and 8.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is ...