{"id":"albert-meyer","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/albert-meyer","language":"en","name":"Albert Meyer","name_en":"Albert Meyer","name_ne":null,"description":"Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1953)","headline":"Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1953)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Albert Meyer was a Swiss politician, editor in chief of Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1915–1930) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929–1938). Meyer attended primary and secondary school in his birthplace, followed by the canton school in Zurich. He then studied law and economics at the universities of Zurich, Berlin, and Leipzig. He earned his doctorate in 1895 and began working as a financial secretary for the City of Zurich.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"13 March 1870","date":"1870-03-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Fällanden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64869"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"22 October 1953","date":"1953-10-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Zurich","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Switzerland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Free Democratic Party of Switzerland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13850128"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152087"},{"text":"Leipzig University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154804"},{"text":"University of Zurich","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206702"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 1936 – 31 December 1936)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688230","start":"1936-01-01","end":"1936-12-31"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1 January 1930 – 31 December 1938)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11811941","start":"1930-01-01","end":"1938-12-31"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss National Council (20 September 1915 – 31 December 1929)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18510612","start":"1915-09-20","end":"1929-12-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Meyer_(politician)","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Albert Meyer born?","a":"Albert Meyer was born on 13 March 1870 in Fällanden."},{"q":"What positions has Albert Meyer held?","a":"Positions held by Albert Meyer include: President of the Swiss Confederation (1936–1936); Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1930–1938); Member of the Swiss National Council (1915–1929)."},{"q":"Where did Albert Meyer study?","a":"Albert Meyer was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Leipzig University, University of Zurich."}],"related":[{"name":"Adolf Deucher","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adolf-deucher"},{"name":"Adrien Lachenal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adrien-lachenal"},{"name":"Johann Schneider-Ammann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/johann-schneider-ammann"},{"name":"Jonas Furrer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jonas-furrer"},{"name":"Philipp Etter","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philipp-etter"},{"name":"Johann Jakob Scherer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/johann-jakob-scherer"},{"name":"Ruth Metzler","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ruth-metzler"},{"name":"Rocco Cattaneo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rocco-cattaneo"},{"name":"Enrico Celio","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/enrico-celio"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/albert-meyer-7a6a5faa07.jpg","width":406,"height":450,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Meyer.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Albert Meyer","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Meyer_(politician)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q115584","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115584","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Albert Meyer.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Meyer.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Albert Meyer, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Albert Meyer.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Albert Meyer\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/albert-meyer. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/albert-meyer","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/albert-meyer","ne":null}}