Rudolf Gnägi

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Rudolf Gnägi

politician

Born
August 3, 1917
Died
April 20, 1985
Age
67 years
Nationality
Switzerland
Cause
heart attack

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Rudolf Gnägi, 67, Swiss politician, president (1971, 1976), heart attack.

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Rudolf Gnägi (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a Swiss politician who was President of the Swiss Confederation in 1971 and 1976 and a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1966 to 1979.

Career

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He was affiliated to the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB/PAI), which became the Swiss People's Party in 1972.

During his office time he held the following departments: Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1966–1967), Federal Military Department (1968), Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1968), and Federal Military Department (1969–1979).

He was President of the Swiss Confederation twice in 1971 and 1976.

His name is popularly remembered as the nickname of a Swiss Armed Forces ordonnance item, an olive-green jumper officially named Trikothemd 75, but commonly known as Gnägi.

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