Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Numa Droz (January 27, 1844 - December 15, 1899) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 18, 1875 and handed over office on December 31, 1892. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the following departments: Department of Home Affairs (1876 - 1878) Department of Trade and Agriculture (1879 - 1880) Political Department (1881) Department of Trade and Agriculture (1882 - 1886) Political Department (1887) Department of Foreign Affairs (1888 - 1892) He was president of Switzerland two times in 1881 and 1887. Predecessor: Paul Ceresole Successor: Adrien Lachenal This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.