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Rudolf Gnägi
Rudolf Gnägi
Member of the Federal Council
In office 1966–1979
President of the Swiss Confederation
In office 1 January 1971 – 31 December 1971
Preceded by	Hans-Peter Tschudi
Succeeded by	Nello Celio
In office 1 January 1976 – 31 December 1976
Preceded by	Pierre Graber
Succeeded by	Kurt Furgler
Personal details
Born	3 August 1917 (1917-08-03) Schwadernau, Canton of Bern
Died	20 April 1985(1985-04-20) (aged 67) Köniz

Rudolf Gnägi (3 August 1917 – 20 April 1985) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1966–1979).

He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 8 December 1965 and handed over office on 31 December 1979. He was affiliated to the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB/PAI), which became the Swiss People's Party in 1972.

During his office time he held the following departments:

• Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1966–1967)
• Federal Military Department (1968)
• Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1968)
• Federal Military Department (1969–1979)

He was President of the Swiss Confederation twice in 1971 and 1976.

His name is popularly remembered as the nickname of a Swiss Armed Forces ordonnance item, an olive-green jumper officially named Trikothemd 75, but commonly known as Gnägi.

External links

• Rudolf Gnägi in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
• Rudolf Gnägi in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Profile of Rudolf Gnägi with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.

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