Élie Ducommun (1833-1906)

Elie Ducommun (1833-1906)

Introduced to Prudence Masonic Lodge 11 April 1857 at the age of 24, he became speaker of the lodge and the Temple Venerable One. Il sera plus tard affilié à la Loge Zur Hoffnung à Berne, puis Grand-Maître de la Grande Loge suisse Alpina de 1890 à 1895. He later became affiliated with the Lodge Zur Hoffnung in Berne, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Alpina Swiss of 1890 to 1895.

Entre 1862 et 1865, il est chancelier d'État du canton de Genève. Between 1862 and 1865, he was chancellor of the State of Geneva canton. Il démissionne en novembre 1865. He resigned in November 1865.

En 1867, il participe au Congrès de la paix et de la liberté à Genève et à la fondation de la Ligue qui en est issue. In 1867, he participated in the Congress of Peace and Freedom in Geneva and the founding of the League who comes.

En 1891, il est choisi pour diriger le Bureau international de la paix dont le siège est établi à Berne. In 1891, he was chosen to lead the International Peace Bureau with headquarters in Bern.

Il reçoit le prix Nobel de la paix en 1902, un prix qu'il partage alors avec Charles-Albert Gobat. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1902, an award he shared with then -Charles Albert Gobat. ===Congress of Peace and FreedomEdit=== First secretary general: International Peace Bureau, politician, journalist, railway administrator and freemason

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