Editing Friedrich Traugott Wahlen

{{Short description|Swiss agronomist and politician (1899–1985)}}
[[File:Friedrich Traugott Wahlen.gif|thumb|Fritz Wahlen]]

'''Friedrich Traugott Wahlen''' (10 April 1899, in [[Mirchel]], [[Canton of Bern]] – 7 November 1985, in [[Bern]]) was a Swiss [[agronomist]] and [[politician]].

During the [[Second World War]], he was responsible of the Swiss programme to reduce food imports and increase agricultural production, which consisted mainly in extending the cultivation area, and reducing meat production in favour of cereals production. The programme was called after his name, as ''Wahlen Plan''.

He then served as Deputy Director-General of the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] for the UN from July 1958 to January 1959.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/p4228e/P4228E07.htm Fao.org]</ref> 

He was elected to the [[Swiss Federal Council]] on 11 December 1958 and handed over office on 31 December 1965. He was affiliated to the [[Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents]] (BGB/PAI), now the [[Swiss People's Party]]. 

During his time in office he held the following departments:
* [[Department of Justice and Police]] (1959)
* [[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Economic Affairs]] (1960)
* [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1961)
* [[Federal Department of Economic Affairs|Department of Economic Affairs]] (1961)
* [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (1962–1965)

He was [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] in 1961.

== Honours ==
* {{Flagicon|Iran|1964}} [[Pahlavi dynasty|Empire of Iran]] : Commemorative Medal of the [[2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire|2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire]] (14/10/1971).<ref>[http://badraie.com/guests.htm Badraie] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043732/http://badraie.com/guests.htm |date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Dodis|P1047}}
* {{Swiss Federal Councillor|friedrich_traugott-wahlen}}
* {{PM20|FID=pe/017966}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Markus Feldmann]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1958–1965 | after = [[Rudolf Gnägi]]}}
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