Albert von der Aa

Albert von der Aa (born January 19, 1894 in Vevey , † July 10, 1978 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss politician (SP) and editor .

biography

Albert von der Aa was born on January 19, 1894 as the son of the typographer and later director of the slaughterhouse in Vevey and the Vaudois SP Grand Councilor Auguste von der Aa sen. born in Vevey. Von der Aa, a journalist by profession, worked from 1924 to 1939 as editor-in-chief of the “Droit du Peuple” and from 1939 to 1946 in the “Peuple”, which was founded to differentiate itself from the communists.

Albert von der Aa, whose first marriage to Laura and his second marriage to Yvonne, the daughters of Professor Charles Delhorbe at the University of Lausanne and sisters of the writer and SP Grand Councilor Florian Delhorbe, died on July 10, 1978 at an old age 84 years in Lausanne. His brother Auguste von der Aa jun., Also a politician, was represented in the canton parliament from 1945 to 1949 and from 1957 to 1961 as the PdA Grand Councilor .

politics

Albert von der Aa acted from 1925 to 1946 as a member of the SP in the municipal council of Lausanne, where he was responsible for the legislature . In addition, from 1930 to 1966, as a member of the Vaudois Grand Council, which he presided over in 1953, he particularly advocated women's suffrage . He was elected to the National Council in 1943 , but resigned in 1946 to join the city government of Lausanne. He headed the industrial operations until 1949, then the social affairs until his retirement in 1961. The eloquent Albert von der Aa was considered the most popular social democratic politician in the canton of Vaud of his time.

literature

• Vaudois State Archives: Dossier SDA
• Pierre Jeanneret: Un itinéraire politique à travers le socialisme en Suisse romande, 1991

Web links

• Gilbert Marion: Aa, Albert von der. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .