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Numa Droz

1844 - 1899

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Numa Droz (27 January 1844 – 15 December 1899) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875–1892). Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, he was elected to cantonal government of Neuchâtel in 1871 and to the Swiss Council of States in 1872. On 18 December 1875, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council (becoming the youngest Federal Councillor ever at age 31) and handed over office on 31 December 1892. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Numa Droz has received more than 23,915 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Numa Droz is the 9,984th most popular politician (up from 13,617th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 458th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Numa Droz ranks 9,984 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Afranius, Ariobarzanes of Persis, Bel-ibni, Galla Gaulo, Mauno Pekkala, and Lev Mekhlis. After him are Branko Kostić, Ernst Reuter, Adone Zoli, Xin Qiji, Matteo Salvini, and Besse Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Numa Droz ranks 55. Before him are Lujo Brentano, George W. De Long, Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Garret Hobart, and Wilhelm Leibl. After him are Béhanzin, Kuroki Tamemoto, Tivadar Puskás, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Gustave Schlumberger, and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. Among people deceased in 1899, Numa Droz ranks 29. Before him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Guido Gezelle, Emilio Castelar, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Garret Hobart, and Carl Millöcker. After him are Heinrich Kiepert, George Averoff, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Antonio Luna, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Juan Luna.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Numa Droz ranks 278 out of 1,015. Before him are Daniel Peter (1836), Saint Othmar (689), Leopold Kielholz (1911), Peter Bieri (1944), Flavio Cotti (1939), and Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891). After him are Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Karl Schenk (1823), Emer de Vattel (1714), Alexandre Calame (1810), Jakob Dubs (1822), and Arthur Cravan (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Numa Droz ranks 42. Before him are Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Ernst Brenner (1856), Giuseppe Motta (1871), Walter Hauser (1837), Christoph Blocher (1940), and Flavio Cotti (1939). After him are Karl Schenk (1823), Jakob Dubs (1822), Henri Druey (1799), Carl Lutz (1895), Joseph Deiss (1946), and Didier Burkhalter (1960).

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