Adalbert Durrer

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Adalbert Durrer (probably 2001)

Adalbert Durrer (born November 17, 1950 in Alpnach ; † April 19, 2008 ) was a Swiss politician ( CVP ).

Political career

Durrer began his political career at the age of 28 years when he was in the 1978 municipal council was elected by Alpnach. Four years later he became the mayor elected this community. At the same time, he was a member of the Obwalden Cantonal Council from 1981 to 1986 . This was followed by ten years in the government council from 1986 to 1996 , which he chaired as Landammann in 1993/94 and 1995/96 .

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 1995 , Durrer was elected to the Swiss National Council, of which he was a member from December 4, 1995 to October 5, 2001. From 1997 to May 2001 he was President of CVP Switzerland. In March 1999, during his tenure as CVP President, Durrer was one of five official candidates to succeed the resigned Federal Councilor Flavio Cotti . However, Durrer was eliminated in the fourth ballot . He submitted his resignation as a member of the National Council on October 5, 2001, and Adriano Imfeld took over .

Durrer was for the impunity of cannabis use and against legal equality for homosexual couples. Although the CVP itself long supported Switzerland's accession to the European Union , Durrer was an opponent of accession: "If member states are not sovereign to determine their governments alone within the framework of international law, I can no longer support accession."

Work and private life

The former lawyer and notary Adalbert Durrer worked as a director at UBS after his political retirement . He was married. Durrer died on April 19, 2008 after a serious illness.

Fonts

  • With Hilmar Gernet: From myths to deeds. So that Switzerland stays what it is: a success story. Maihof-Verlag, Lucerne 2000, ISBN 3-9522033-0-0

Web links

Commons : Adalbert Durrer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About taxes, foreigners, cannabis: Questions to the party presidents ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tages-Anzeiger , October 24, 1999. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hanfarchiv.ch
  2. ^ The Obwalden politician Adalbert Durrer has died , obituary on NZZ online , April 20, 2008
predecessor Office successor
Ulrich Blatter National Councilor of the Canton of Obwalden
1995–2001 		Adriano Imfeld
personal data
SURNAME Durrer, Adalbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (CVP)
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Alpnach
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 2008