Georges-André Chevallaz Explained

Georges-André Chevallaz (7 February 1915  - 8 September 2002) was a Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1974 - 1983).

Mayor of Lausanne since 1957 and member of the Swiss National Council since 1958, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 5 December 1973 and handed over office on 31 December 1983. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his office time he held the following departments:

• Federal Department of Finance (1974 - 1979)^[1]
• Federal Military Department (1980 - 1983)

He was President of the Confederation in 1980.

After retiring from the Federal Council, he presided the foundation of the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (1988 - 1992).

Works

• Aspects de l'agriculture vaudoise à la fin de l'Ancien Régime: La terre, le blé, les charges; F. Rouge, Lausanne; (1949) -- thesis
• The challenge of neutrality: Diplomacy and the defense of Switzerland; Lexington books, Lanham (translated from Le défi de la neutralité, 2001)
• Histoire générale, de 1789 à nos jours; Payot, Lausanne (1st ed., 1957)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen. 2020-02-27. 2020-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065751/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html. dead.