Rudolf Gnägi
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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
[edit]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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- 1917 births
- 1985 deaths
- People from Biel/Bienne District
- Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
- Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents politicians
- Swiss People's Party politicians
- Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)
- Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
- Ministers of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland
- Defence ministers of Switzerland
- Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
- University of Bern alumni