Adolf Deucher (15 February 1831, in

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– 10 July 1912, in Bern) was a Swiss politician.

Early career

He studied medicine at Heidelberg, Zurich, Prague, and Vienna. In 1855 he became a member of the council of his canton (

Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is par ...

), and in 1868 he served as a member of the council established to formulate a new democratic constitution for Thurgau. From 1869 to 1873 he was a member of the

National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziunal) is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, th ...

, and, three years after his re-election to that body became its president (1882).

Later career

He was elected to the

Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state and governm ...

on 10 April 1883 and died in office on 10 July 1912, aged 81. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he held the following departments: *

Department of Justice and Police The Federal Department of Justice and Police (german: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement, french: Département fédéral de justice et police, it, Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia, rm, ) is one of the seven Ministry ...

(1883) *

Department of Posts and Railways The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, german: Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation, french: Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'én ...

(1884) *

Department of Home Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

(1885) * Political Department (1886) * Department of Trade and Agriculture (1887) * Department of Industry and Agriculture (1888–1895) * Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1896) * Political Department (1897) * Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1898–1902) * Political Department (1903) * Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1904–1908) * Political Department (1909) * Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1910–1912) He was

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four times in 1886, 1897, 1903 and 1909.

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