Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Constant Fornerod (May 30, 1819 - November 27, 1899) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on July 11, 1855, and handed over office on October 31, 1867. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party. During his time in office he held the following departments: Department of Trade and Customs (1855 - 1856) Political Department (1857) Department of Trade and Customs (1858) Department of Finance (1859 - 1861) Department of Defence; Military Department (1862) Political Department (1863) Department of Defence; Military Department (1864 - 1866) Political Department (1867) He was president of Switzerland three times, in 1857, 1863 and 1867. Predecessor: Daniel-Henri Druey Successor: Victor Ruffy This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.