Editing Constant Fornerod

{{Short description|Swiss politician}}
[[Image:Constant Fornerod.jpg|thumb|Constant Fornerod]]
'''Constant Fornerod''' (30 May 1819 – 27 November 1899) was a Swiss politician, originally from [[Avenches]], and member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] (1855–1867).
[[File:Constant_Fornerod_Illustrirtre_Zeitung_3_Jan_1857.jpg|thumb|left]]
He was elected to the Federal Council on 11 July 1855 as a representative for [[Vaud]]. He handed over office on 31 October 1867. He was affiliated with the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|Free Democratic Party]]. 

During his time in office he held the following departments:
* [[Department of Trade and Customs]] (1855 - 1856)
* [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] as [[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|President of the Confederation]] (1857) 
* [[Department of Trade and Customs]] (1858)
* [[Department of Finance (Switzerland)|Department of Finance]] (1859 - 1861)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=2020-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065751/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Military Department (Switzerland)|Military Department]] (1862)
* [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] as President of the Confederation (1863)
* [[Military Department (Switzerland)|Military Department]] (1864 - 1866)
* [[Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|Political Department]] as President of the Confederation (1867).

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Swiss Federal Councillor|constant-fornerod}}
* {{HDS|4321}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Karl Kappeler]] | title = [[President of the Swiss Council of States|President of the Council of States]] | years = 1855 | after = [[Samuel Schwarz (politician)|Samuel Schwarz]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Henri Druey]] | title = [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]] | years = 1855–1867 | after = [[Victor Ruffy]]}}
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[[Category:Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland)]]
[[Category:Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1857–1860]]


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