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Karl Scheurer

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1872-1929)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ118187 ↗
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Karl Scheurer (27 September 1872 – 14 November 1929) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 11 December 1919 and died in office on 14 November 1929. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.

During his time in office he held the Military Department (department of defence) and was President of the Confederation in 1923.

External links

Profile of Karl Scheurer with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1872, 1929, 1919, 1923—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1872-09-27. The account is most persuasive where Karl, Scheurer and member can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q118187. VIAF identifies the subject as 305407233. The Library of Congress control number is no2013113317. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1872, 1929, 1919 and 1923.

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This entry incorporates text from “Karl Scheurer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.