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Willy Ritschard

Willy Ritschard (September 28, 1918 - October 16, 1983) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 5, 1973 and died in office on October 16, 1983. He was affiliated to the Social Democratic Party. During his office time he held the following departments:

Department of Transport, Communications and Energy[?] (1974 - 1978)
Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy[?] (1979)
Federal Department of Finance[?] (1980 - 1983)

He was president of Switzerland in 1978.

Predecessor: Hans-Peter Tschudi
Successor: Otto Stich

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