Edmund Schulthess (2 March 1868 – 22 April 1944) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1912–1935).
Biography
He was born on 2 March 1868 in Villnachern to Edmund Schulthess (Landwirt, 4 January 1826 - 10 April 1906) and wife (m. 15 May 1851) Cornelia Brigitta Marth (22 June 1828 - 22 February 1896). He was the brother of internist and pediatrician Wilhelm Schulthess (1855–1917) and great-great-grandnephew of educator and philanthropist Anna Pestalozzi-Schulthess and born into the Schulthess family, a wealthy and renowned merchant family which ran a bakery and Konditorei (confectionery) at the Rüdenplatz in Zürich.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 July 1912 and handed over office on 15 April 1935. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his time in office he held the following departments:
- Department of Trade, Industry and Agriculture (1912–1914)
- Department of Economic Affairs (1915–1935)
He was President of the Swiss Confederation four times, in 1917, 1921, 1928 and 1933.
He died on 22 April 1944 in Bern.