Arnold Koller (born 29 August 1933) is a Swiss politician and

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(1986–1999). He was elected to the

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on 10 December 1986 as a member of the

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito P ...

from the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. He handed over office on 30 April 1999. Arnold Koller was Chairman of the Board of the Second International Conference on Federalism held in

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

in 2002, and of the Forum of Federations from 2006 to 2010. This is an international organisation designed to help develop best practices in countries around the world with federal and devolved systems of government. With Raoul Blindenbacher he is the editor of the book "Federalism in a Changing World" published at McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal 2003. During his time in office he held the following departments:Kreis, Georg, ed. ''Switzerland and the Second World War.'' Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000. 90. * Federal Military Department (1987–1988) *

Federal Department of Justice and Police The Federal Department of Justice and Police (german: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement, french: Département fédéral de justice et police, it, Dipartimento federale di giustizia e polizia, rm, ) is one of the seven departmen ...

(1989) * Federal Military Department (1989) *

(1990–1999) He was

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twice in 1990 and 1997.

Works

*Blindenbacher, R. and Koller, A. (eds): Federalism in a Changing World – Learning from Each Other. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2003

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* * * 1933 births Living people People from Appenzell Innerrhoden Swiss Roman Catholics Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland) Members of the National Council (Switzerland) Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland) University of St. Gallen alumni Academic staff of the University of St. Gallen {{Switzerland-politician-stub