Alfred Gilgen
Alfred Gilgen (born November 28, 1930 in Zurich ; † February 12, 2018 ) was a Swiss politician ( LdU ). He was a Zurich government councilor for 24 years .
Life
Gilgen studied medicine at the University of Zurich. He was elected to the Cantonal Council for the first time in 1959 and re-elected in 1963. 1969/70 he was President of the Cantonal Council. In 1971 he became a councilor ( cantonal government ) and in this function took over the department of the education department, which he headed for an unusually long term of 24 years. In 1975/1976, 1982/1983, 1987/1988, 1991/1992 he was the district president.
Gilgen had the rank of colonel in the Swiss army . In 1978 he was accused in Spiegel magazine of being the “head of education” of the University of Zurich as “pioneer of a systematic review of attitudes”.
Web links
- “My arguments remain valid.” Interview with Alfred Gilgen in the Tages-Anzeiger on May 29, 2015
- As government councilor again - Alfred Gilgen - Landesring LdU. Poster on the website of the Zurich University of the Arts
- Short biography (PDF file; 138 kB), zh.ch
- Christoph Wehrli: A politician with principles and humor - on the death of Alfred Gilgen. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from February 13, 2018.
- Ruedi Baumann, Daniel Schneebeli: He was the stimulus for the eighties movement. Obituary in: Tages-Anzeiger .ch on February 13, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of February 14, 2018, p. 16.
- ↑ srf.ch
- ↑ Tages-Anzeiger
- ↑ Ancestral Gallery of the Canton of Zurich
- ↑ Interview (PDF file; 207 kB)
- ^ "My name is Thomy: Nonconformists are prevented from practicing their profession in many Swiss cantons" , in: Der Spiegel , June 19, 1978.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilgen, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss canton politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2018 |