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He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-at-law in Lausanne. Active in the Social Democratic Party, he was in the municipal parliament of Lausanne (1934-1946), member of the parliament of the canton of Vaud (1937-1946), mayor of Lausanne (1946-1949), member of the National Council (1942-1969, except 1963), he was the Speaker of that Assembly from 1965/66, he sat in the Foreign affairs committee and was deputy chairman of the enquiry parliamentary committee dealing with the Mirage affair. He was also a member of the government of the canton of Vaud (1962-1970) in charge of the Finance Department. He served as one of the four members of the Commission to resolve the problem of the Jura. Location within Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds is a city located in the Jura mountains in Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland Neuchâtel 47. ... Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland, in German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SPS), French Parti socialiste suisse (PSS), Italian Partito Socialista Svizzero, Romansh Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... Daniel Brélaz, current mayor This is a list of mayors of Lausanne, Switzerland. ... The National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalrat, French: Conseil National, Italian: Consiglio Nazionale) is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... The Canton of Jura is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the northwestern part of Switzerland. ...

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 10, 1969. During his time in office, he headed the Political Department, i.e. ministry of foreign affairs. Graber was President of the Confederation in 1975 and handed over office on January 31, 1978. During his term of office, a new law for Cooperation Development was adopted. On August 1, 1975, he signed the Helsinki Final Act of the CSCE on behalf of Switzerland. He obtained the ratification by Parliament of the European Convention on Human Rights in 1974. As president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, he laid the first stone of the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg on May 15, 1972. At his initiative, Switzerland recognized North Vietnam and North Korea. Graber presided over the diplomatic conference that led to the adoption of the additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions in 1977. He faced the first terrorist attack on a Swissair plane in Zarqa, Jordan in 1970. 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Graber died in Lausanne.

Bibliography

• Pierre Graber: Mémoires et réflexions; Lausanne: Editions 24 heures, 1992; ISBN 2-8265-1096-7 — autobiography.

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