Stefano Franscini was a Swiss politician and statistician. He was one of the initial members of the Swiss Federal Council elected in 1848 and Switzerland's first native Italian speaking federal councillor. Franscini was affiliated to the Liberal Radical Party of Switzerland. During his office tenure he held the Department of Home Affairs. Important elements of his political legacy include political reforms in the Ticino during the 1830s and 1840s, Switzerland's first federal population census in 1850, and the creation of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1854/1855.
Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)
On October 23, in the year 1796, Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of October 23, one of 493 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on October 23, 1796 (AD era).
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