Albert Nufer

Albert Nufer (born August 31, 1942 ) is a Swiss politician ( glp ) and a St. Gallen city ​​original . 1988–1989 and 2004–2009 he took a seat on the St. Gallen Cantonal Council .

biography

He grew up in Schönengrund , helped in his parents' restaurant and learned the trade of a textile merchant . He never married, although he had numerous girlfriends. He traveled to numerous countries in Europe and overseas. He resided on a beach in Israel for a year . In the days of the hippies he lived with like-minded people in a shared apartment in Montreal . Even then, he was making a living doing odd jobs. In Zurich he came into conflict with the police because he took part in squatting and violated the Narcotics Act - he smoked hashish and confessed to it. His parents found out about it through newspapers and subsequently disinherited him. Much later, he found peace with them.

Nufer gives the job title “Strassenwischer”, “Alt Strassenwischer” or “Agricultural and casual workers”. As such, he found a part-time job with the city of St. Gallen during the boom . He is laughed at by many for his outward appearance and lifestyle, but he is still respected for his political commitment. He has long, light brown hair and a long beard. He lives in poverty without a permanent job or place of residence - on average he was granted three working days per week until his early retirement. According to his own statement, he chose this lifestyle out of conviction and did jobs such as clearing snow, mopping the street, making hay or cutting wood for food and lodging. He could also be found in a wine shop, a family household or in a carpenter's workshop. His apartment was a non-isolated attic on Burgstrasse. He doesn't have a television, computer, or phone. He read at least three newspapers a day - in preparation for the upcoming political meetings. Later he moved to a one-room attic apartment on Kesselhaldenstrasse. There, too, he moved out and helped a friend in Malaysia with the clean-up work that became necessary as a result of the winter storms there. Since his return he has been accommodated by a farmer friend in Teufen . At the end of November 2009 he announced his resignation from the Grand Council. He intended to hibernate in Malaysia .

In an article about city originals, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung called Nufer “probably the best-known St. Gallen original”.

Political commitment

He belonged to the Green Party and switched to the Green Liberal Party in 2006 . So far he has held the following political mandates:

• 1987–2007: Member of the City Parliament of the City of St. Gallen ( legislature )
• 1988–1989 and 2004–2009: Member of the Grand Council (now: Cantonal Council of the Canton of St. Gallen ) (legislative branch)

He also took part in the municipal building commission and in the OLMA delegate council.

His election to the then St. Gallen City Council was made public in 1987 through the media across the country. He often appeared barefoot to the meetings, which was not always well received by his fellow councilors. In order to be listed on his party's electoral lists, he needed an address: He gave it as Burgstrasse 88, 9000 St. Gallen .

In 2003 he was an unreserved supporter of the new football stadium and defied the will of his party comrades.

His interest groups are the FC St. Gallen , Procap, the St. Gallen Games Club, the St. Gallen Nature Conservation Association, Pro Velo Region St. Gallen, Pro Specie Rara , the mountain forest project , the botanical garden and the art gallery.

Web links

• Literature by and about Albert Nufer in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Selected candidates 2008 . 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
2. ↑ Schweiz aktuell , TV broadcast of December 4, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 17, 2013  
3. ↑ Beat Grossrieder: " To attract attention among dead fish is not an art". www.nzz.ch, March 19, 2005, accessed on January 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Albert Nufer resigns. St. Galler Tagblatt, November 30, 2009.