Albert Steck

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Albert Steck (born December 19, 1843 in Bern ; † November 28, 1899 there ) was a Swiss politician and co-founder of the Swiss Social Democratic Party .

Life

Albert Steck came from the patrician branch of the Steck family in Bern and was a grandson of Johann Rudolf Steck (1772–1805), who was General Secretary of the Helvetic Republic in 1798/1799 . After the end of the national crisis triggered by the Kulturkampf in Switzerland , Steck was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern in May 1878 , set up by moderately conservative groups. In spring 1882 he owed his re-election to the left-wing liberal liberals . Disappointed by the bickering of the parliamentary groups and under threat of health, Steck resigned from his mandate in the autumn of the same year.

After he met Alexander Reichel (1853-1921), the founder of the General Workers' Association in Bern and the surrounding area , Steck turned to socialist ideas. Within the social democracy of the late 19th century he represented democratic- reformist views.

After Steck's attempt to win the social reformist Grütliverein for his politics failed , he decided to set up a social democratic party with Reichel and to publish the weekly newspaper Der Schweizerische Sozialdemokrat .

Herman Greulich (1842–1925) had already made corresponding efforts in Zurich in March 1870 , but it was only Albert Steck and Alexander Reichel who succeeded on October 21, 1888 in Bern in forming a Swiss social democratic party from numerous regional workers' associations. Before that, Steck and Reichel had drawn up the basic program. In January 1889 Reichel was elected president, Steck was elected vice-president and first secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS) .

literature

  • Peter Bieler: Albert Steck 1843–1899: The founder of the Swiss Social Democratic Party . Olten: Hauenstein-Verl., 1960 (Zugl .: Bern, Univ., Diss., 1952)

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personal data
SURNAME Steck, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1899
Place of death Bern