What is Leon Schlumpf?
[[Image:Leon Schlumpf.gif|thumb|Leon Schlumpf]] '''Leon Schlumpf''' (3 February 1925 – 7 July 2012) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Felsberg, Switzerland|Felsberg]]. Schlumpf was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 5 December 1979. He retired on 31 December 1987. He was a member of the [[Swiss People's Party]] (SVP). During his time in office he held the [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] and was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] in 1984. He is the father of [[Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf]], who was also elected to the Federal Council on 12 December 2007. Her became the President of the Swiss Confederation in 2012. Schlumpf died on 7 July 2012 in the cantonal hospital of Graubünden in [[Chur]], aged 87.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alt Bundesrat Leon Schlumpf gestorben|url=https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/-/video/-?urn=urn:srf:video:b71146cb-6221-4a0d-bef2-b59841c09b3b&startTime=98|access-date=2012-07-07|website=[[Schweizer Fernsehen]]|language=de}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Swiss Federal Councillor|leon-schlumpf}} * {{HDS|4733}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [[Rudolf Gnägi]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1979–1987 | after = [[Adolf Ogi]]}} {{s-end}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlumpf, Leon}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]] [[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]] [[Category:People from Graubünden]]