Editing Max Petitpierre

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'''Max Petitpierre''' (26 February 1899<ref>{{cite web |title=Petitpierre, Max |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/004647/2014-04-22/ |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=de}}</ref> &ndash; 25 March 1994) was a Swiss politician, jurist and member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]], heading the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1945-1961).<ref>{{cite news |title=Max Petitpierre, 95, Swiss Aide Who Modified Neutrality, Dies (Published 1994) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/11/obituaries/max-petitpierre-95-swiss-aide-who-modified-neutrality-dies.html |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=New York Times |date=11 April 1994 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Image:Max Petitpierre.gif|thumb|Max Petitpierre]]

He studied law at the universities of Neuchâtel, Zurich, and Munich.<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Petitpierre |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000001974 |website=www.munzinger.de |access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Swiss Federal Council]] on 14 December 1944 and handed over office on 30 June 1961.<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Petitpierre |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/max-petitpierre.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He was affiliated to the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]].

He served as President of the Diplomatic Conference at Geneva of 1949 which adopted the landmark 1949 Geneva Conventions.

During his time in office he held the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] three times in 1950, 1955 and 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAX PETITPIERRE |url=https://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/S0020860400078360a.pdf |website=international-review.icrc.org |access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref>

He died at the age of 95.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7scAAAAIBAJ |title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=April 13, 1994 |publisher=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |pages=6B |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Dodis|P5|Max Petitpierre}}
*[http://www.unige.ch/ieug/petitpierre.htm Fonds Max Petitpierre]. Summary of his papers archived at Centre d'archives européennes, Coppet.
* {{PM20|FID=pe/013497}}

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