Robert Comtesse

Robert Comtesse (14 August 1847 – 17 November 1922) was a Swiss politician. He was born in Valangin, Switzerland.

Comtesse was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 December 1899. He retired on 4 March 1912. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party. 

During his office time he held the following departments:
 Department of Finance (1900)
 Department of Justice and Police (1901)
 Department of Posts and Railways (1902, 1912)
 Department of Finance (1903, 1905–09, 1911)
 Political Department (1904, 1910)

He was President of the Confederation in 1904 and again in 1910.

Comtesse died on 17 November 1922 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland at the age of 75.

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