Martin Josef Munzinger (11 November 1791 – 6 February 1855) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 November 1848, as one of the first seven Councilors. While in office he held the following departments:

• Department of Finance (1848?1850) ^[1]
• Political Department (1851)
• Department of Finance (1852)
• Department of Posts and Construction (1853?1854)
• Department of Trade and Customs (1855)

and was President of the Confederation in 1851.

Munzinger died in office on 6 February 1855.

References [ edit ]

• Hans Haeflinger : Bundesrat Josef Munzinger , 1953

External links [ edit ]

• Media related to Josef Munzinger at Wikimedia Commons
• Profile of Josef Munzinger with election results on the website of the Swiss Federal Council .
• Hans-Rudolf Merz : Bundesrat Munzinger: Der Vater des Schweizerfrankens Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine , 2005 (in German)
• Josef Munzinger in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .

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