Karl Schenk
Karl Schenk | |
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Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel | |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
In office 12 December 1863 – 18 July 1895 | |
Preceded by | Jakob Stämpfli |
Succeeded by | Eduard Müller |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 December 1823 Bern, Switzerland |
Died | 18 July 1895 (aged 71) Bern, Switzerland |
Political party | Free Democratic Party |
Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk (1 December 1823 – 18 July 1895) was a Swiss pastor, politician, and member of the
Life and work
Schenk was born in 1823 in
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 12 December 1863 and died in office 31 years later, on 18 July 1895. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.
During his time in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Home Affairs(1864)
- President of the Confederation(1865)
- Department of Home Affairs(1866 - 1870)
- Political Department as President of the Confederation (1871)
- Department of Home Affairs(1872)
- Department of Finance (1872)[1]
- Department of Home Affairs(1873)
- Political Department as President of the Confederation (1874)
- Department of Railway and Trade (1875 - 1877)
- Political Department as President of the Confederation (1878)
- Department of Home Affairs(1879 - 1884)
- Political Department as President of the Confederation (1885)
- Department of Home Affairs(1886 - 1895)
He was
Schenk also served as President of the Swiss Red Cross from 1873–1882.
Death and legacy
Schenk died 1895 in Bern, and was buried at Bremgartenfriedhof.
The local museum of Langnau im Emmental "Chüechlihus" includes a section on him. Schenkstrasse in Bern is named after him. Further, the house at Spitalgasse 4 in the city of Bern is named Karl-Schenk-Haus and its passage Karl-Schenk-Haus-Passage or Karl-Schenk-Passage.
References
Further reading
- Rossel, Virgile (1909). Un magistrat républicain : le conseiller fédéral Schenk (in French). Delémont.
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External links
- "Bundesrat Johann Carl Emmanuel Schenk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2006-08-05. (35.4 KiB) (in German)
- Profile of Karl Schenk with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.
- Karl Geiser. (1910), "Schenk, Karl", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 55, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 165–171
- Franziska Metzger (2005), "Schenk, Carl", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 672–673; (full text online)
- Karl Schenk in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.