11 Facts About Emil Frey

Emil Johann Rudolf Frey was a Swiss politician, Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and member of the Swiss Federal Council.

Emil Frey served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1894.

Emil Frey enlisted in the Union Army's 24th Illinois Infantry Regiment as a private.

Emil Frey was later promoted to first lieutenant but resigned on 17 June 1862.

Emil Frey rescinded his Swiss citizenship on 14 July 1864, and took on the American.

Emil Frey didn't count with the mandatory military service in Switzerland, but on his return from the United States, in view of his experience from the American civil war, he was made a major of the Swiss Army from the beginning.

From 1882 to 1888, Emil Frey was the first ambassador of Switzerland to the United States in Washington.

Emil Frey was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 11 December 1890 and handed over office on 31 March 1897.

Emil Frey was confirmed as a Federal Councillor in December 1896, but he resigned from office in 1897.

In 1897, following his retirement from his second period as a member of Switzerland's National Council, Emil Frey was nominated as Director of the ITU Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference to replace Timotheus Rothen.

Emil Frey held the post for almost a quarter of a century and took part in the International Telegraph Conferences of 1903 in London and 1908 Lisbon.