Giuseppe Motta (Airolo, December 29, 1871 - January 23, 1940) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911-1940) and President of the League of Nations (1924/1925).
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He died in office on January 23, 1940.
Among others, via Giuseppe Motta in Lugano, Chiasso, Minusio and Massagno, Piazza Giuseppe Motta in Ascona and Avenue Giuseppe-Motta in Geneva are named for him.
His portrait was painted twice in the late 1930s by the Swiss-born American - and also Ticinese-born - artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862-1947). The first, a large three-quarter portrait, dated 1938, hangs in the Archivio Cantonale in Bellinzona; the artist was sent a photograph by Motta at the end of 1937, and then the artist travelled to Berne in the summer of 1938 to work on the portrait from life. The second portrait, half-length seated at a desk and dated 1939, in the Haus Muller-Lombardi in Hospental, Switzerland as part of the Adolfo Muller-Ury Stiftung. This was exhibited at the artist's last exhibition at French and Co, New York in the Spring of 1947 and returned to Switzerland after his death in July that year.
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1911–1940 |
Succeeded by Enrico Celio |
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