Robert Haab
{{Short description|Swiss politician (1865–1939)}}
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Robert Haab (8 August 1865 – 15 October 1939) was a Swiss politician.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 13 December 1917 and handed over office on 31 December 1929. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.
During his office time he held the Department of Posts and Railways and was President of the Confederation in 1922, winning by a slim majority of 163 to 154,Colby, Frank Moore (Ed.). (1922). The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 687. Retrieved December 5, 2018. and again in 1929.
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Category:People from Wädenswil
Category:Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Category:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Category:Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland)
Category:Presidents of the Swiss Confederation
Category:Ministers of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland
Category:Ambassadors of Switzerland to Germany
Category:Swiss military officers
Category:University of Zurich alumni
Category:University of Strasbourg alumni
Category:Leipzig University alumni
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