Hans Conzett

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Hans Conzett (born July 27, 1915 in Zurich ; † March 20, 1996 ibid) was a Swiss politician and president of the Farmers ', Trade and Citizens' Party and the resulting Swiss People's Party . He was also a publisher and campaigned for UNICEF .

biography

Hans Conzett was the son of SP - National Hans C. Conzett and grandson of Verena Conzett-servant . He studied law at the University of Zurich from 1935 to 1941 and obtained his doctorate in 1944 . Conzett worked in the printing company Conzett & Huber , in which his father, who died in 1918, was once a partner and which his grandmother and her lawyer Emil Huber had run since 1898 after his grandfather's death. As a publisher, he was a sponsor of the magazine du and founder of the Manesse Library of World Literature . In addition, he was committed to UNICEF and, at the request of Max Petitpierre, set up a Swiss committee in 1959 , which he chaired until 1988. In 1964, on the advice of Conzett , the Swiss Parliament successfully proposed UNICEF for the Nobel Peace Prize . In 1975/76 he chaired the UNICEF board of directors, where he was active until 1988.

In his political activities, Conzett sat as a member of the BGB from 1951 until his resignation in 1971 in the National Council . There he chaired the Petitions Commission and the Commission for Foreign Affairs, and from 1967 to 1968 the National Council .

As a party politician, he presided over the BGB from 1965 to 1971. He advocated a union of the Graubünden and Glarus democrats with the BGB and was then the first president of the resulting Swiss People's Party until 1976.

Because of his commitment to the preservation of the Stockalper Castle , Conzett was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Brig in 1961.

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personal data
SURNAME Conzett, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician, publisher and UNICEF member
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1996
Place of death Zurich