Education
Bernhard Hammer studied physics and history at the University of Geneva, then law and philosophy at the universities of Freiburg, Berlin and Zurich.
Bernhard Hammer studied physics and history at the University of Geneva, then law and philosophy at the universities of Freiburg, Berlin and Zurich.
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 10 December 1875, and handed over office on 31 December 1890. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party.
During his time in office he held the following departments:
Department of Finance (1876–1878)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1879)
Department of Finance (1880–1890)
He was President of the Confederation twice, in 1879 and 1889.
Argued against clerical celibacy
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 10 December 1875, and handed over office on 31 December 1890. He was affiliated with the Free Democratic Party.
Quotations: The portrait of Hammer was painted in 1889 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury