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He was a member of the Federal Council from 1966 to 1973 and served as the President of the Swiss Confederation in 1972.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"12 February 1914","date":"1914-02-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Quinto","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67501"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 December 1995","date":"1995-12-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Bern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Switzerland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#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/Q118196#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Basel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372608"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Swiss Confederation (1 January 1972 – 31 December 1972)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688230","start":"1972-01-01","end":"1972-12-31"},{"text":"Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (1967–1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114379271","start":"1967","end":"1968"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss Federal Council","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11811941"},{"text":"Member of the Swiss National Council","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18510612"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nello_Celio","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Nello Celio born?","a":"Nello Celio was born on 12 February 1914 in Quinto."},{"q":"What positions has Nello Celio held?","a":"Positions held by Nello Celio include: President of the Swiss Confederation (1972–1972); Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (1967–1968); Member of the Swiss Federal Council; Member of the Swiss National Council."},{"q":"Where did Nello Celio study?","a":"Nello Celio was educated at University of Basel."}],"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":"Camille Decoppet","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/camille-decoppet"},{"name":"Kaspar Villiger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kaspar-villiger"},{"name":"Jean-Pascal Delamuraz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-pascal-delamuraz"},{"name":"Arnold Koller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arnold-koller"},{"name":"Paul Cérésole","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-ceresole"},{"name":"Ruth Metzler","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ruth-metzler"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/nello-celio-a9f0742058.jpg","width":500,"height":642,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Comet Photo AG (Zürich)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-Nello_Celio-Com_L20-0941-0198.tif"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Nello Celio","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nello_Celio","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q118196","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118196","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: ETH-BIB-Nello Celio-Com L20-0941-0198.tif by Comet Photo AG (Zürich) (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-Nello_Celio-Com_L20-0941-0198.tif","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 Nello Celio, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: ETH-BIB-Nello Celio-Com L20-0941-0198.tif — Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Nello Celio\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nello-celio. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:57:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/nello-celio","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/nello-celio","ne":null}}