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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Swiss pastor, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Hauser">Walter Hauser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emil_Frey" title="Emil Frey">Emil Frey</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 1885 – 31 December 1885</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Emil Welti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Deucher" title="Adolf Deucher">Adolf Deucher</a></td><link 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9r%C3%A9sole" title="Paul Cérésole">Paul Cérésole</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scherer" title="Johann Jakob Scherer">Johann Jakob Scherer</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 1871 – 31 December 1871</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Dubs" title="Jakob Dubs">Jakob Dubs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Emil Welti</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 1865 – 31 December 1865</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Dubs" title="Jakob Dubs">Jakob Dubs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melchior_Josef_Martin_Kn%C3%BCsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel">Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Swiss_Federal_Council" title="List of members of the Swiss Federal Council">Member of the Swiss Federal Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 December 1863 – 18 July 1895</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jakob_St%C3%A4mpfli" title="Jakob Stämpfli">Jakob Stämpfli</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eduard_M%C3%BCller_(Swiss_politician)" title="Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)">Eduard Müller</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1 December 1823<br /><a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 July 1895 (aged 71)<br />Bern, Switzerland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Free Democratic Party of Switzerland">Free Democratic Party</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk</b> (1 December 1823 – 18 July 1895) was a Swiss pastor, politician, and member of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Federal Council">Swiss Federal Council</a> from 1863 until his death in 1895. Serving for 31 years and 218 days, he was the longest-serving member in the Federal Council. Later in life he became one of the first leaders of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Red_Cross" title="Swiss Red Cross">Swiss Red Cross</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_work">Life and work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Schenk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schenk was born in 1823 in <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, as the son of Christian Schenk. At the age of eleven, he became an orphan and lived in <a href="/wiki/Korntal" class="mw-redirect" title="Korntal">Korntal</a> (Germany). From 1839 to 1842 he attended school in Bern and then studied <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>. He completed his studies at the age of 22. In 1845 he became vicar and later pastor at <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCpfen" title="Schüpfen">Schüpfen</a>. In 1848, he married Elise Kähr. The couple had nine children, two of which died at young age. </p><p>He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 December 1863 and died in office 31 years later, on 18 July 1895. He was affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_of_Switzerland" title="Free Democratic Party of Switzerland">Free Democratic Party of Switzerland</a>. </p><p>During his time in office he held the following departments: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1864)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Department_of_Foreign_Affairs" title="Federal Department of Foreign Affairs">Political Department</a> (Foreign ministry) as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Confederation_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Confederation (Switzerland)">President of the Confederation</a> (1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1866 - 1870)</li> <li>Political Department as President of the Confederation (1871)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Finance_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Finance (Switzerland)">Department of Finance</a> (1872)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1873)</li> <li>Political Department as President of the Confederation (1874)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Railway_and_Trade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Railway and Trade (page does not exist)">Department of Railway and Trade</a> (1875 - 1877)</li> <li>Political Department as President of the Confederation (1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1879 - 1884)</li> <li>Political Department as President of the Confederation (1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)">Department of Home Affairs</a> (1886 - 1895)</li></ul> <p>He was <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Confederation_(Switzerland)" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Confederation (Switzerland)">President of the Confederation</a> six times in 1865, 1871, 1874, 1878, 1885 and 1893. </p><p>Schenk also served as President of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Red_Cross" title="Swiss Red Cross">Swiss Red Cross</a> from 1873–1882. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Schenk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schenk died 1895 in <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>, and was buried at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bremgartenfriedhof&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bremgartenfriedhof (page does not exist)">Bremgartenfriedhof</a>. </p><p>The local museum of <a href="/wiki/Langnau_im_Emmental" title="Langnau im Emmental">Langnau im Emmental</a> "Chüechlihus" includes a section on him. <i>Schenkstrasse</i> in Bern is named after him. 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href="https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html">"Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fr%C3%BChere+Departmentsvorsteher%2FInnen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.efd.admin.ch%2Fefd%2Fde%2Fhome%2Fdas-efd%2Fder-departementsvorsteher%2Fueli-maurer%2Ffruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarl+Schenk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Schenk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016410/images/index.html?seite=686">"Schenk, Carl"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Biographie" title="Neue Deutsche Biographie">Neue Deutsche Biographie</a></i> (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 672–673</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Schenk%2C+Carl&rft.btitle=Neue+Deutsche+Biographie&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pages=672-673&rft.pub=Duncker+%26+Humblot&rft.date=2005&rft.au=Franziska+Metzger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdaten.digitale-sammlungen.de%2F0001%2Fbsb00016410%2Fimages%2Findex.html%3Fseite%3D686&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarl+Schenk" class="Z3988"></span>; (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/ppn117227358.html">full text online</a>)</li> <li><i>Karl Schenk</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D4636.php"><span title="Karl Schenk in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F4636.php"><span title="Karl Schenk in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I4636.php"><span title="Karl Schenk in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Eduard_H%C3%A4berlin" title="Eduard Häberlin">Eduard Häberlin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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Martin Knüsel">Knüsel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constant_Fornerod" title="Constant Fornerod">Fornerod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Dubs" title="Jakob Dubs">Dubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Dubs" title="Jakob Dubs">Dubs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schenk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9r%C3%A9sole" title="Paul Cérésole">Cérésole</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schenk</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Switzerland"><img alt="Coat of arms of Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="669" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.1; padding:0.35em 1em; text-align:center;">1875–1899</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1.4;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scherer" title="Johann Jakob Scherer">Scherer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Heer" title="Joachim Heer">Heer</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schenk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Hammer" title="Bernhard Hammer">Hammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numa_Droz" title="Numa Droz">Droz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Bavier" title="Simeon Bavier">Bavier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ruchonnet" title="Louis Ruchonnet">Ruchonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schenk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Deucher" title="Adolf Deucher">Deucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numa_Droz" title="Numa Droz">Droz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Hertenstein" title="Wilhelm Hertenstein">Hertenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Hammer" title="Bernhard Hammer">Hammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ruchonnet" title="Louis Ruchonnet">Ruchonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Welti" title="Emil Welti">Welti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hauser" title="Walter Hauser">Hauser</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schenk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Frey" title="Emil Frey">Frey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Zemp" title="Josef Zemp">Zemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrien_Lachenal" title="Adrien Lachenal">Lachenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Deucher" title="Adolf Deucher">Deucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ruffy" title="Eugène Ruffy">Ruffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_M%C3%BCller_(Swiss_politician)" title="Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)">Müller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.1; padding:0.35em 1em; text-align:center;">1900–1924</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1.4;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hauser" title="Walter Hauser">Hauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Brenner" title="Ernst Brenner">Brenner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Zemp" title="Josef Zemp">Zemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Deucher" title="Adolf Deucher">Deucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Comtesse" title="Robert Comtesse">Comtesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc-Emile_Ruchet" class="mw-redirect" title="Marc-Emile Ruchet">Ruchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Forrer" title="Ludwig Forrer">Forrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_M%C3%BCller_(Swiss_politician)" title="Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)">Müller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Brenner" title="Ernst Brenner">Brenner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Deucher" title="Adolf Deucher">Deucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Comtesse" title="Robert Comtesse">Comtesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc-Emile_Ruchet" class="mw-redirect" title="Marc-Emile Ruchet">Ruchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Forrer" title="Ludwig Forrer">Forrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_M%C3%BCller_(Swiss_politician)" title="Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)">Müller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hoffmann_(politician)" title="Arthur Hoffmann (politician)">Hoffmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Motta" title="Giuseppe Motta">Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camille_Decoppet" title="Camille Decoppet">Decoppet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Schulthess" title="Edmund Schulthess">Schulthess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Calonder" title="Felix Calonder">Calonder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustave_Ador" title="Gustave Ador">Ador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Motta" title="Giuseppe Motta">Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Schulthess" title="Edmund Schulthess">Schulthess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Haab" title="Robert Haab">Haab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Scheurer" title="Karl Scheurer">Scheurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Chuard" title="Ernest Chuard">Chuard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.1; padding:0.35em 1em; text-align:center;">1925–1949</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1.4;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Musy" title="Jean-Marie Musy">Musy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_H%C3%A4berlin" title="Heinrich Häberlin">Häberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Motta" title="Giuseppe Motta">Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Schulthess" title="Edmund Schulthess">Schulthess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Haab" title="Robert Haab">Haab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Musy" title="Jean-Marie Musy">Musy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_H%C3%A4berlin" title="Heinrich Häberlin">Häberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Motta" title="Giuseppe Motta">Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Schulthess" title="Edmund Schulthess">Schulthess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Pilet-Golaz" title="Marcel Pilet-Golaz">Pilet-Golaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Minger" title="Rudolf Minger">Minger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Meyer_(politician)" title="Albert Meyer (politician)">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Motta" title="Giuseppe Motta">Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Baumann" title="Johannes Baumann">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philipp_Etter" title="Philipp Etter">Etter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Pilet-Golaz" title="Marcel Pilet-Golaz">Pilet-Golaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Wetter" title="Ernst Wetter">Wetter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philipp_Etter" title="Philipp Etter">Etter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Celio" title="Enrico Celio">E. 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