Friedrich Emil Welti was a Swiss politician, lawyer and judge.
Education
After the parochial school and secondary school in Zurzach Welti attended from 1840 to 1844 the Aarau Cantonal School, where he was always the top of the class .In this school were excellent teachers, like the philologist Rauchenstein and Germanist Rochholz.They have influenced the gifted boy in a sustainable manner.
he was an excellent student in this university.He liked to read Homer in the original
Career
During his time in office he held the following departments:
Military Department (1867 - 1868)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1869)
Military Department (1870 - 1871)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1872)
Military Department (1873 - 1875)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1876)
Department of Posts and Telegraph (1877 - 1878)
Department of Posts and Railways (1879)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1880)
Department of Justice and Police (1881)
Department of Posts and Railways (1882 - 1883)
Political Department as President of the Confederation (1884)
Department of Posts and Railways (1885 - 1891)
He was President of the Confederation six times in 1869, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884 and 1891.
Politics
he created a new law school . Its demands for full legal equality for Jews.