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Landammann of Switzerland
The Landammann of Switzerland was the head of the Swiss Confederation under Napoleon's Act of Mediation from 1803 to 1813. The office rotated each year with the seat of the federal Diet among six directorial cantons, Fribourg, Bern, Solothurn, Basel, Zurich and Lucerne, and its holder, the chief magistrate of that canton, represented Switzerland abroad and dealt with Napoleon's demands.
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