Leo Vogel
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PresidentRobert Comtesse
Preceded byFernand du Martheray
Succeeded byPaul Ritter
BornLeo Emil Friedrich Vogel
23 October 1863
23 October 1863
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leo Vogel | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, Library of Congress c. 1905 | |
| Minister of Mission of Switzerland to the United States | |
| In office 11 October 1904 – 31 May 1909 | |
| President | Robert Comtesse |
| Preceded by | Fernand du Martheray |
| Succeeded by | Paul Ritter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leo Emil Friedrich Vogel 23 October 1863 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 13 February 1946 (aged 82) Horw, Switzerland |
| Spouse |
Elisabeth "Lisbeth" Wille
(m. 1909) |
| Occupation | Attorney, diplomat |
Leo Emil Friedrich Vogel colloquially Leo Vogel (23 October 1863 – 13 March 1946) was a Brazilian-born Swiss attorney and diplomat who most notably served as Swiss Minister to the United States from 1904 to 1909.[1]
Vogel was born 23 October 1863 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the older of two sons, to Johannes Vogel, a merchant, and Wilhelmine Vogel (née Plagge), both originally from Germany. He had one younger brother; Dr. Robert Vogel (1869–1956), a physician in Basel.[2][3] He studied jurisprudence at the University of Zurich, Strasbourg, Berlin and Vienna completing his Juris Doctor in 1889.
