Editing Gustave Ador (section)

==Biography==

===Origins===
Ador was born in [[Cologny]], a municipality of Geneva. He was the grandson of Jean Pierre Ador, an immigrant from [[Vaud]], who obtained his Genevan citizenship in 1814. Ador studied law at the [[University of Geneva|academy (now the university) of Geneva]], and in 1868 became a lawyer.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}}

===Early political career===
[[File:Plaque commemorating Gustave Ador, Le Manoir, Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland - 20140614.JPG|thumb|A plaque at Le Manoir in [[Cologny]], Geneva, commemorating the fact that Ador began his public life as a municipal councillor and mayor of Cologny]]

In 1871, Ador started his political career as a member of the communal council of [[Cologny]], and was twice mayor, in 1878-9 and 1883-5. 
He was a member of the [[Grand Council of Geneva|cantonal parliament]] 1874-6, and continuously from 1878 to 1915 save for a short break in 1902. In 1878-9 he represented Geneva in the [[Council of States (Switzerland)|Swiss Conseil des États]]. Then he became a member of the executive of the [[canton of Geneva]], being put in charge of the Department of Justice and Police. He resigned after an unfavourable election in 1880, but once more became a member of the cantonal executive in 1885, and for 12 years had charge of the cantonal finances.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}}

===National Council===
In 1889, he became a member of the [[National Council (Switzerland)|Swiss Conseil National]] (Swiss National Council), and remained so until 1917, being elected [[President of the Swiss National Council]] in 1901. He was president of the cantonal executive in 1890, 1892, and 1896. 
In 1894, he became lieutenant-colonel in the [[Swiss Army]]. 
Ador served as the president of the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] from 1910 to 1928.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dromi |first1=Shai M. |title=Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector |date=2020 |publisher=Univ. of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=9780226680101 |pages=118–119 |url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo46479924.html}}</ref> In 1914, he founded in Geneva the association for facilitating communications between prisoners of war and the central Geneva agency, and succeeded in giving this enterprise great importance and a widespread extension.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}}

===Federal Council===
After the enforced resignation of [[Arthur Hoffmann (politician)|Arthur Hoffmann]], Ador, in order to soothe the [[Triple Entente|Entente]], became a [[Federal Council of Switzerland|federal councilor]] (a member of the Federal Executive) on 26 June 1917. He was entrusted with the [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Department of Foreign Affairs]]. Towards the end of 1918, he was elected by Parliament to be the [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|Swiss President]] for 1919, but retired from the Federal Executive at the end of his year of office, on 31 December 1919.{{sfn|Chisholm|1922}} 
During his time as councilor, along with being in the Department of Foreign Affairs (1917), he was later in the [[Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland)|Department of Home Affairs]] (1918 - 1919). He was affiliated with the [[Liberal Party of Switzerland|Liberal Party]].

===Brussels conference===

In 1920, Ador chaired the [[Brussels International Financial Conference (1920)|Brussels International Financial Conference]].