Editing Karl Kobelt

{{Short description|Swiss politician (1891–1968)}}
'''Karl Kobelt''' (1 August 1891, in [[St. Gallen]] – 5 January 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Kobelt |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/karl-kobelt.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=19 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> was a Swiss politician and member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]].

[[Image:Karl Kobelt.gif|thumb|Karl Kobelt]]

He was elected to the Federal Council on 10 December 1940 and handed over office on 31 December 1954. He was affiliated to the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]].

During his time in office he held the [[Military Department (Switzerland)|Military Department]]. On 2 December 1944 Kobelt contacted Brigadier General [[Barnwell R. Legge|B. R. Legge]] related to internees, among others in the [[Wauwilermoos internment camp]] near Luzern.<ref name="dwightmears">{{cite web|url=https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/indexablecontent?id=uuid:99e5854b-e44c-43a9-b322-852ceecb75d0&ds=DATA_FILE|title=Interned or Imprisoned?: The success and failures of international law in the treatment of American internees in Switzerland, 1943-45|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|author=Dwight S. Mears|date=2010|access-date=2015-10-25}}</ref><ref>Steiner, Die Internierung von Armeeangehörigen kriegfuhrender, 66. Memo from Swiss military minister Karl Kobelt to Brigadier General [[Barnwell R. Legge|B. R. Legge]], number 8211.117.N/G, dated 2 December 1944, NARA, RG 84, E3207. Tribunal panel requirements Art. 12, 13, & 107; SFA, Ref. No. 10 014 517, [http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.jsp?ID=10014517 "Militärstrafgerichtsordnung (Bundesgesetz vom 28. Juni 1889)", Bundesblatt 1889, Band 3, Heft 37]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Data on military tribunals conducted against Americans were referenced from Bern Archives, SFA Box E 5330-01 1975/95. 93 Art. 3, Section 2 of the Military Penal Code: SFA, Ref. No. 10 030 071, [http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/loadDocQuery.do?context=results&documentIndex=24&dsUID=1cd0888:12438d84b35:-6aa7 Militärstrafgesetz Bundesgesetz vom 13 Juni 1927, Bundesblatt 1927, Band 1, Heft 25]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="brawand-wauwilermoos">{{cite web|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/parl-vor/2nd-world-war/1945-1949/interniertenlager-wauwilermoos.pdf|title=120/4986 - Interpellation Brawand. Interniertenlager Wauwilermoos|publisher=eda.admin.ch|author=M. Brawand|language=de|date=1944|access-date=2015-10-25}}</ref> Kobelt was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] twice in 1946 and 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidents of the Confederation |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=19 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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* {{Swiss Federal Councillor|karl-kobelt}}
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