Editing Roger Bonvin

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[[Image:Roger Bonvin.gif|right|thumb|Roger Bonvin]]
'''Roger Bonvin''' (12 September 1907, in [[Icogne]], [[Valais]] – 5 June 1982) was a Swiss politician and [[member of the Swiss Federal Council]] (1962–1973).

Bonvin was [[mayor of Sion, Switzerland|mayor of Sion]] from 1955 to 1962.

He was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 27 September 1962 and handed over office on 31 December 1973. He was affiliated to the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]]. 

During his office time he held the following departments:
* [[Department of Finance (Switzerland)|Department of Finance]] (1962–1968)<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>
* [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] (1968–1973)
He was [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] twice, in 1967 and 1973.

There is a ''place Roger-Bonvin'' at [[Icogne]] named for him.

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Dodis|P12130}}
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*{{Swiss Federal Councillor|roger-bonvin}}

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