Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rudolf Gnägi (August 3, 1917 - April 20, 1985) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 8, 1965 and handed over office on December 31, 1979. He was affiliated to the Swiss People's Party. During his office time he held the following departments: Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1966 - 1967) Federal Department of Defence; Federal Military Department (1968) Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1968) Federal Department of Defence; Federal Military Department (1969 - 1979) He was president of Switzerland twice in 1971 and 1976. Predecessor: Friedrich Traugott Wahlen Successor: Leon Schlumpf This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.