Giuseppe Motta
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Giuseppe Motta (December 29, 1871 - January 23, 1940) was a Swiss politician.
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 14, 1911, and died in office on January 23, 1940. He was affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
While in office he held the following departments:
He was President of the Confederation five times, in 1915, 1920, 1927, 1932 and 1937. He was also President of the League of Nations from 1924-25.
| Preceded by Josef Anton Schobinger |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1911–1940 |
Succeeded by Enrico Celio |
| Presidents of the League of Nations |
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| Paul Hymans (1920–21) • Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1921–22) • Augustin Edwards (1922–23) • Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (1923–24) • Giuseppe Motta (1924–25) • Raoul Dandurand (1925–26) • Afonso Costa (1926) • Momčilo Ninčić (1926–27) • Alberto Guani (1927–28) • Herluf Zahle (1928–29) • Jose Gustavo Guerrero (1929–30) • Nicolae Titulescu (1930–32) • Paul Hymans (1932–33) • Charles Theodore Te Water (1933–34) • Richard Johannes Sandler (1934) • Francisco Castillo Najera (1934–35) • Edvard Beneš (1935–36) • Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936–37) • Tevfik Rustu Aras (1937) • Aga Khan III (1937–38) • Éamon de Valera (1938–39) • Carl Joachim Hambro (1939–40, 1946) |
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