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{{Short description|Swiss Federal Councilor (1951–1954)}}
[[Image:Max Weber.gif|thumb|right|Max Weber]]
'''Max Weber''' (2 August 1897 in [[Zürich]] – 2 December 1974 in [[Bern]]) was a Swiss politician.
A member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]], Weber was seven times elected to the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]], the lower house of the Swiss parliament (the [[Federal Assembly (Switzerland)|Federal Assembly]]), serving continuously from 4 December 1939 to 31 December 1951 and then again from 5 December 1955 to 28 November 1971.
On 13 December 1951 he was elected to the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Council]] (the seven-member executive that constitutes Switzerland's federal government) where he headed the [[Federal Department of Finance]] from 1 January 1952 until 31 December 1953.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/der-departementsvorsteher/ueli-maurer/fruehere-departmentsvorsteher.html|title=Frühere Departmentsvorsteher/Innen}}</ref> Weber decided to resign from his seat on the Council with effect from 31 January 1954 after a referendum held on 6 December 1953 had rejected his federal budget proposals.
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