Editing Adolf Deucher

{{Short description|Swiss politician (1831–1912)}}
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[[Image:Adolf Deucher 1885.jpg|thumb|right|Adolf Deucher]]
'''Adolf Deucher''' (15 February 1831 in [[Wipkingen]] – 10 July 1912 in [[Bern]]) was a [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|federal councillor]] of Switzerland, and a two-time member of the [[National Council (Switzerland)|Swiss National Council]]. Pursuing centralist policies in a very [[federalism|federalist]] country, he was a main promoter of the 1868 revision of the [[Swiss Federal Constitution|Swiss constitution]].<ref name=hds/>

As a federal councillor, he improved conditions for workers (banning phosphorus in the [[match]] industry in 1898, revision of the factory law). He was also the guiding force behind the first national law on agriculture.<ref name=hds>{{Cite web |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/004056/2005-01-07/ |title=Deucher, Adolf |date=2005-01-07 |last=Salathé |first=André}}</ref>

==Early career==
He studied medicine at Heidelberg, Zurich, Prague, and Vienna. In 1855 he became a member of the [[Grand Council of Thurgau]], and in 1868 he served as a member of the council established to formulate a new democratic constitution for Thurgau. From 1869 to 1873 he was a member of the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council of Switzerland]], and, three years after his re-election to that body became its president (1882).<ref name=NIE>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Deucher, Adolf|short=x}}</ref> 

==Later career==
He was elected to the [[Swiss Federal Council]] on 10 April 1883 and died in office on 10 July 1912, aged 81. He was affiliated with the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]. During his office time, he held the following departments:
*[[Department of Justice and Police]] (1883)
*[[Department of Posts and Railways]] (1884)
*[[Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)|Department of Home Affairs]] (1885)
*[[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1886)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Trade and Agriculture]] (1887)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Industry and Agriculture]] (1888–1895)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture]] (1896)
*[[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1897)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture]] (1898–1902)
*[[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1903)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture]] (1904–1908)
*[[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1909)
*[[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture]] (1910–1912)

He was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] four times in 1886, 1897, 1903 and 1909.

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==External links==
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*{{Swiss Federal Councillor|adolf-deucher}}

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