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	Albert Gobat
		Albert Gobat, the first Secretary General of the Union, was also one of the eight leading figures in early IPU history who were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
		Gobat held the following offices: State Councillor for the Canton of Berne from 1884 to 1912; National Councillor from 1890 to 1914; Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 1892-1909; and Director of the International Peace Bureau from 1911 to 1914.
		Gobat addressed the legal aspects of international arbitration and the need for regular peace conferences in the speech he gave at the Kristiania Nobel Institute in 1899.
	www.ipu.org /strct-e/gobat.htm (636 words)

	Albert Gobat - Biography
		Charles Albert Gobat (May 21, 1843-March 16, 1914) was born at Tramelan, Switzerland, the son of a Protestant pastor and the nephew of Samuel Gobat, a missionary who became bishop of Jerusalem.
		In politics as in education, Gobat was a liberal, a moderate reformer.
		Gobat presided over the fourth conference of the Union convened in 1892 at Bern.
	nobelprize.org /peace/laureates/1902/gobat-bio.html (737 words)

	Charles-Albert Gobat -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Charles Albert Bender was born on May 5, 1883, in Crow Wing County, Minn. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1902 to 1914, compiling an impressive won-lost record of 210 and 127.
		The courage displayed by King Albert of Belgium when Germany invaded his country in 1914 won him the devotion of his people and the admiration of the world.
		Biographical sketches of Élie Ducommun and Charles Albert Gobat of Switzerland.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037136 (707 words)

	Charles Albert Gobat -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		For several years Swiss statesman Charles Albert Gobat simultaneously led the two largest peace organizations in the world.
		From 1892 he was the administrative head of the Interparliamentary Union, a conference of delegates from the legislative bodies of the world's nations.
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	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9324741 (704 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Gobat, Charles Albert @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		GOBAT, CHARLES ALBERT [Gobat, Charles Albert], 1843-1914, Swiss statesman.
		He took part in government affairs, wrote on international law, and helped found (1902) an international peace bureau.
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