Fritz Münch (politician)

Fritz Münch (born February 7, 1903 in Wil ; † July 11, 1993 in St. Gallen ) was a Catholic Swiss trade union official and politician.

Life

Fritz Münch was the son of Josef Münch, beer leader (middleman who delivers beer from breweries to customers) and his wife Annamaria, née Lerner.

He attended primary and secondary school in Wil and completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter from 1919 to 1922. He then worked in the profession he had learned until 1932, before becoming administrator of the unemployment fund of the Christian timber and construction workers' association from 1932 to 1937 .

From 1937 to 1969 he was the central secretary of the Christian Association of Transport, Trade and Food Workers (CTHL) in St. Gallen; In this task he succeeded in setting up the regional secretariats in Zurich , Olten and Lucerne as well as expanding the social security funds.

He was also a member of the federal committee of the Christian National Trade Union Confederation of Switzerland (CNG) from 1937 to 1963 , of which he was vice-president from 1963 to 1969.

In 1941 he was elected President of the Christian Trade Union Association of the Canton of St. Gallen, in which position he remained until 1961.

He was also from 1942 to 1968 as a conservative Christian social politician in the St. Gallen Cantonal Council and during this time from 1963 to 1964 its president.

Fritz Münch married Margaritha in 1930, daughter of Adolf Gmeiner, machine operator.

Web links

• Wolfgang Göldi: Münch, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .