Ernst Nobs

Swiss politician

Ernst Nobs (14 July 1886, in Seedorf, Bern – 15 March 1957) was a Swiss politician.

Nobs was involved in the 1918 Swiss general strike. In 1919, a military court found him guilty of publishing subversive texts and sentenced him to four weeks in prison.^[1]

He was the mayor of Zürich from 1942 to 1944. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 15 December 1943, as the first member of the Social Democratic Party. He handed over office on 31 December 1951.

During his time in office he was responsible for the Department of Finance^[2] and he was President of the Confederation in 1949.

References

^ Meier 1988, pp. 71–72.
^ "Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen". Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

External links

Ernst Nobs in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Profile of Ernst Nobs with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.
Newspaper clippings about Ernst Nobs in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Preceded by

Ernst Wetter

Member of the Swiss Federal Council
1943–1951

Succeeded by

Max Weber

President of the Swiss Confederation (list)

1848–1874

1875–1899

1900–1924

1925–1949

1950–1974

1975–1999

2000–present

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