Adolf Steuble

Adolf Steuble (born June 29, 1856 in Appenzell ; † December 22, 1925 there ) was a Swiss innkeeper , baker and politician ( KVP ). He was a member of the government of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden for almost four decades and represented it in the National Council from 1906 to 1925 .

biography

The son of the veterinarian Josef Anton Steuble and Franziska Streule first made a teacher as a baker and confectioner , after which he spent four years as a traveling journeyman in Stettin . In 1877 he married Euphrosina Knill, and he also took over his father's inn and bakery in Appenzell. From 1905 he worked in the property and timber trade. As a widower, he entered into a second marriage with Benedikta Fuster in 1906.

From 1885 to 1888, Steuble was a district councilor for the Appenzell district (equivalent to a local council in other cantons). In 1888 he was elected to the cantonal government, known as the professional ethics committee . He was initially the landlord , from 1892 governor and finally from 1907 land manager . At the same time he was president of the fire show community from 1898 to 1903 and a councilor from 1890 to 1925. Ex officio he was also a member of the Grand Council from 1885 to 1925 . In the National Council elections in 1893, 1896, 1899 and 1905, Steuble was subject to the liberal incumbent Karl Justin Sonderegger . In 1906 he succeeded him as National Councilor. From 1908 to 1914 he presided over the Conservative Party of Inner Rhodes, from 1912 to 1925 he was a member of the central board of the Conservative People's Party in Switzerland . He remained Landammann and National Councilor until his death.

At the cantonal level, Steuble held various offices: Member of the State Economic Commission (1892 to 1925), President of the Building and Interrogation Commission (1892 to 1907), Member of the State School Commission (1892 to 1924), Salt Director (1904 to 1925), Member of the Cantonal Banking Commission (1900 to 1907) and President of the Medical Council (1907 to 1925). From 1895 to 1900 he was Vice-President of the Ländliche Spar- und Leihkasse and from 1912 to 1925 as President of the Local Commission of the Swiss Cooperative Bank. In 1885 he was one of the founders of the cantonal rifle club and in 1891 of the cantonal hunting club. He was also president of the Wilder Bann corporation (1885–1889) and the Forren corporation (1886–1888) as well as a co-founder of the Fähle corporation. He was also a member of the board of directors of Appenzeller Bahn and the Swiss Federal Railways .

Web links

• Achilles Weishaupt: Steuble, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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