Jonas Furrer

Jonas Furrer
Member of the Swiss Federal Council
In office
16 November 1848 – 25 July 1861
President of the Confederation
In office
21 November 1848 – 31 December 1849
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHenri Druey
President of the Confederation
In office
1 January 1852 – 31 December 1852
Preceded byJosef Munzinger
Succeeded byWilhelm Matthias Naeff
President of the Confederation
In office
1 January 1855 – 31 December 1855
Preceded byFriedrich Frey-Herosé
Succeeded byJakob Stämpfli
Personal details
Born(1805-03-03)3 March 1805
Winterthur, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Died25 July 1861(1861-07-25) (aged 56)
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Political partyFree Democratic Party

Jonas Furrer (3 March 1805 – 25 July 1861) was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation[1] from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 1858. He was one of the leading figures in the foundation of Switzerland as a federal state.[2] He was a member of the Radical Party.

  1. ^ "Famous personalities". Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland (in English, French, German, and Italian). Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HDS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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