Editing Rudolf Gnägi

{{Short description|Swiss politician (1917–1985)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Rudolf Gnägi
| image               = ETH-BIB-Rudolf Gnägi-Com L20-0941-0158.tif
| image_size          = 160px
| caption             = Gnägi in 1971
| birth_date          = {{birth-date|3 August 1917}}
| birth_place         = [[Schwadernau]], [[Canton of Bern]]
| death_date          = {{dda|df=y|1985|4|20|1917|8|3}}
| death_place         = [[Köniz]]
| office              = Member of the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]]
| term_start          = 1966
| term_end            = 1979
| office1             = [[President of the Swiss Confederation]]
| term_start1         = 1 January 1971
| term_end1           = 31 December 1971
| predecessor1        = [[Hans-Peter Tschudi]]
| successor1          = [[Nello Celio]]
| term_start2         = 1 January 1976
| term_end2           = 31 December 1976
| predecessor2        = [[Pierre Graber]]
| successor2          = [[Kurt Furgler]]
}}

'''Rudolf Gnägi''' (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a Swiss politician who was [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] in 1971 and 1976 and a [[member of the Swiss Federal Council]] from 1966 to 1979.

== Career ==
He was elected to the [[Federal Council of Switzerland]] on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He was affiliated to the [[Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents]] (BGB/PAI), which became the [[Swiss People's Party]] in 1972. 

During his office time he held the following departments: [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] (1966–1967), [[Federal Military Department]] (1968), [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications|Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy]] (1968), and [[Federal Military Department]] (1969–1979).

He was [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] twice in 1971 and 1976.

His name is popularly remembered as the nickname of a [[Swiss Armed Forces]] ordonnance item, an olive-green jumper officially named ''Trikothemd 75'', but commonly known as ''Gnägi''.

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{{succession box | before = [[Friedrich Traugott Wahlen]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1966–1979 | after = [[Leon Schlumpf]]}}
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[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Biel/Bienne District]]
[[Category:Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians]]
[[Category:Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents politicians]]
[[Category:Swiss People's Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation]]
[[Category:Ministers of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Defence ministers of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland)]]
[[Category:University of Bern alumni]]


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