What is Rudolf Gnägi?
[[Image:ETH-BIB-Rudolf Gnägi-Com L20-0941-0158.tif|thumb|Rudolf Gnägi]] '''Rudolf Gnägi''' (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] politician. He was a member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Council]] from 1966 to 1979. He was born in [[Schwadernau]], [[Canton of Bern]]. Gnägi was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He was a member of 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 Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] (1966–1967) * [[Federal Military Department]] (1968) * [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] (1968) * [[Federal Military Department]] (1969–1979) He was [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] in 1971 and again in 1976. Gnägi died on 20 April 1985 in [[Köniz]], Switzerland at the age of 67. == Other websites == {{Commonscat}} * {{HDS|4724}} * {{Swiss Federal Councillor|rudolf-gn%C3%A4gi}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Friedrich Traugott Wahlen]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1966–1979 | after = [[Leon Schlumpf]]}} {{s-end}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gnagi, Rudolf}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]] [[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]] [[Category:People from the canton of Bern]]