Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rudolf Minger (November 13, 1881 - August 23, 1955), Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 12, 1929 and handed over office on December 31, 1940. He was affiliated to the Swiss People's Party. During his office time he held the Department of Defence; Military Department. He was president of Switzerland in 1935. Predecessor: Karl Scheurer Successor: Eduard von Steiger This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.