Editing Nello Celio

{{Short description|Swiss politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Nello Celio
| image          = ETH-BIB-Nello Celio-Com L20-0941-0198.tif
| image_size     = 160px
| caption        = Nello Celio
| birth_date     = {{birth-date|12 February 1914}} 
| birth_place    = [[Quinto, Ticino]], Switzerland
| death_date     = {{dda|df=y|1995|12|29|1914|2|12}} 
| death_place    = [[Bern]] Switzerland
| office         = [[President of the Swiss Confederation]]
| term_start     = 1 January 1972
| term_end       = 31 December 1972
| predecessor    = [[Rudolf Gnägi]]
| successor      = [[Roger Bonvin]]
| office2         = Member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]]
| term_start2     = 1 January 1967
| term_end2       = 31 December 1972
| predecessor2    = [[Paul Chaudet]]
| successor2      = [[Georges-André Chevallaz]]
| office3        = Member of the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]]
| term_start3    = 2 December 1963
| term_end3      = 14 December 1966
| education      = [[University of Basel]]<br/>[[University of Bern]]
| occupation     = Lawyer
| spouse         = 
| parents        =
| children       =
| website        =
}}

'''Nello Celio''' (12 February 1914 – 29 December 1995) was a Swiss politician from the [[Canton of Ticino]]. He was a member of the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]].  He was a member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]] from 1966 to 1973 and served as the [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] in 1972.

==Biography== 
Celio was born in [[Quinto, Ticino|Quinto]], [[Ticino]], Switzerland in 1914.  He studied law at the [[University of Basel]] and the [[University of Bern]].  In 1944, he was appointed as a public prosecutor in the [[Sopraceneri]] area of Ticino.  He became active in politics as the president of the Ticino FDP and entered elective office in 1946 as a member of the [[Council of State of Ticino]]. He served in that body until 1959.<ref name=Lexikon>{{cite web |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/004725/2003-09-10/ |title=Nello Celio |language=de |work=Historical Lexikon of Switzerland |access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref>

In 1960, he became the party president of the FDP. He stood for the [[1963 Swiss federal election]] for the National Council and was elected.  After the [[Mirage affair|Mirage Affair]] scandal, which resulted in the departure of [[Paul Chaudet]] from the Federal Council, Celio was elected to succeed him.<ref name=Lexikon/><ref name=Mirage>{{cite web |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/017348/2008-04-29/ |title=Mirage-Affäre |work=Historical Lexikon of Switzerland |access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref>  He initially headed up the [[Military Department (Switzerland)|Military Department]], which was vacant after Chaudet's departure.  No other Federal Councilor at the time was willing to take over the ministry.<ref name=Defense>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/01/04/archives/swiss-defense-chief-named.html |title=Swiss Defense Chief Named |work=New York Times |date=1967-01-04}}</ref>
In 1968, he took over the [[Department of Finance (Switzerland)|Department of Finance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen}}</ref>

In 1971, he was the Vice President of Switzerland and in 1972, he served a single term as [[President of the Swiss Confederation]].<ref name=NYTimesObit/> In 1973, he resigned from office.<ref name=Lexikon/>

Celio died on 29 December 1995 from pneumonia at the age of 81.<ref name=NYTimesObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/07/world/nello-celio-81-dies-swiss-administrator.html |title=Nello Celio, 81, Dies; Swiss Administrator |work=New York Times |date=1996-01-07}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Swiss Federal Councillor|nello-celio}}
* {{PM20|FID=pe/003099}}

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[[Category:People from Ticino]]
[[Category:Swiss Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]]
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[[Category:Defence ministers of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Finance ministers of Switzerland]]
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