What is Robert Comtesse?
[[Image:Robert Comtesse.gif|right|250px]] '''Robert Comtesse''' (14 August 1847 – 17 November 1922) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician. He was born in [[Valangin]], Switzerland. Comtesse was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 14 December 1899. He retired on 4 March 1912. He was a member of the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]. During his office time he held the following departments: * [[Department of Finance (Switzerland)|Department of Finance]] (1900) * [[Department of Justice and Police]] (1901) * [[Department of Posts and Railways]] (1902, 1912) * [[Department of Finance (Switzerland)|Department of Finance]] (1903, 1905–09, 1911) * [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1904, 1910) He was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] in 1904 and again in 1910. Comtesse died on 17 November 1922 in [[La Tour-de-Peilz]], Switzerland at the age of 75. == Other websites == {{Commonscat}} * {{Swiss Federal Councillor|robert-comtesse}} * {{HDS|4460}} {{start box}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [[Ludwig Forrer]] | title =[[President of the Swiss National Council|President of the National Council]]| years = 1893/1894 | after = [[Ernst Brenner]]}} {{succession box | before = [[Adrien Lachenal]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1899–1912 | after = [[Louis Perrier]]}} {{end box}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Comtesse, Robert}} [[Category:1847 births]] [[Category:1922 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]] [[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]] [[Category:People from the canton of Neuchâtel]]