Adolf von Steiger
Alfred Armand Adolf von Steiger (born July 25, 1859 in Bern ; † March 1, 1925 there , entitled to live in Bern) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ) and lawyer .
From 1900 to 1918 he was Mayor of Bern and from 1919 to 1925 Federal Chancellor .
biography
The son of a senior librarian from the old patrician family of Bern studied law at the universities of Bern , Leipzig and Geneva . From 1884 to 1893 he ran a law firm in Bern. After two years as a substitute judge, he was a member of the Bern Higher Court from 1893 . In 1900 he was elected mayor of Bern as a representative of the Liberals. In addition, he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern from 1903 to 1917 and a Council of States from 1908 to 1918.
In 1918, von Steiger began his professional activity in the Federal Chancellery as Vice Chancellor . The following year, he chose the Federal Assembly for Chancellor . In doing so, he asserted himself against the Catholic-conservative Solothurn National and Council of States Siegfried Hartmann . When he took office, a new law on the Federal Chancellery came into force, relieving the Federal Chancellor of keeping minutes in the National Council. In 1925, von Steiger died of a stroke while in office .
See also
Web links
- Christoph Zürcher: Adolf von Steiger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Portrait on the website of the Federal Chancellery
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SURNAME | Steiger, Adolf von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steiger, Alfred Armand Adolf von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (FDP) and lawyer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1859 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1925 |
Place of death | Bern |