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Member of the Swiss Federal Council (2001–2008); Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (2001–2008); Member of the Swiss Council of States (1999–2000); Member of the Swiss National Council (1994–1999)."},{"q":"Where did Samuel Schmid study?","a":"Samuel Schmid was educated at Kantonsschule Solothurn, University of Bern."}],"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":"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"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/samuel-schmid-7b3abf525e.jpg","width":500,"height":334,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Gestumblindi","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel-Schmid-Sitzbank_Attiswil.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Samuel Schmid","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Schmid","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q115841","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115841","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Samuel-Schmid-Sitzbank Attiswil.jpg by Gestumblindi (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel-Schmid-Sitzbank_Attiswil.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 Samuel Schmid, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Samuel-Schmid-Sitzbank Attiswil.jpg — Gestumblindi, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Samuel Schmid\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/samuel-schmid. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/samuel-schmid","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/samuel-schmid","ne":null}}