Josef Escher

{{short description|Swiss politician}} {{no footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} '''Josef Escher''' (17 September 1885, in Simplon – 9 December 1954) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1950–1954).

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He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 14 September 1950 resigned on 26 November 1954 and died on 9 December 1954. He was affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. During his office time he held the Department of Posts and Railways.

==External links== *{{Swiss Federal Councillor|josef-escher}} *{{HDS|4710}}

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Albert Picot | title =President of the National Council| years = 1948/1949 | after = Jacques Schmid}} {{succession box | before = Enrico Celio | title = Member of the Swiss Federal Council | years = 1950–1954 | after = Thomas Holenstein}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}

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