Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Simon Bavier (September 16, 1825 - January 27, 1896) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 10, 1878, and resigned on January 5, 1883. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his time in office he held the following departments: Department of Finance (1879) Department of Posts and Railways (1880 - 1881) Political Department (1882) He was president of Switzerland in 1882. Predecessor: Joachim Heer Successor: Adolf Deucher This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.