Adolf Deucher

Adolf Deucher (15 February 1831 in Wipkingen – 10 July 1912 in Bern) was a federal councillor of Switzerland, and a two-time member of the Swiss National Council.

Pursuing centralist policies in a very federalist country, he was a main promoter of the 1868 revision of the Swiss constitution.

[1] As a federal councillor, he improved conditions for workers (banning phosphorus in the match industry in 1898, revision of the factory law).

From 1869 to 1873 he was a member of the National Council of Switzerland, and, three years after his re-election to that body became its president (1882).

[2] He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 April 1883 and died in office on 10 July 1912, aged 81.