Albert Meyer

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Albert Meyer (March 13, 1870 - October 22, 1953) was a Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1915-1930) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929-1938).

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 12, 1929 and handed over office on December 31, 1938. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.

During his time in office he held the Department of Home Affairs from 1930 to 1934 and the Department of Finance from 1934 to 1938 and was President of the Confederation in 1936.

[edit] External links

• Works by and about Albert Meyer in the German National Library catalogue
• Albert Meyer in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Preceded by Robert Haab

Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1929–1938

Succeeded by Ernst Wetter