Alois Günthard

Alois Günthard (born October 10, 1913 in Adliswil ; † November 10, 1976 in Zurich ) was a Swiss politician ( BGB , from 1971 SVP ). From 1963 until his death he was a member of the government council of the Canton of Zurich .

biography

The son of the farmer Hans Konrad Günthard and Myrta Suter graduated from canton school with the Matura and initially worked on his parents' farm. In 1936/37 he studied French literature for two semesters at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon . In 1942 he married Fanny Schwarzenbach and took over the farm. He also learned Latin and wrote feature articles for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . He published poems regularly.

Günthard's first public office was that of the head of the local grain department during the Second World War . In 1945 he was a candidate of the BGB in the council of Adliswil chosen and was then responsible for the construction industry. During his tenure, among other things, the local swimming pool was built. From 1947 he served also as a district judge, in 1953 he became the mayor elected in 1959 was followed by the election to the Zurich Cantonal Council .

In 1963, the Zurich Civil Code (BGB) no longer nominated Jakob Heusser for another term as a member of the government and instead decided to run for election with Alois Günthard. He was elected as expected, after which he resigned his previous political and judicial offices. Günthard was assigned the military and police directorate in the cantonal government. In 1967 he was able to take over the management of the building management as requested. He dealt in particular with road construction and the then increasingly important issues of aircraft noise and environmental protection . His greatest political defeat was the clear rejection of the Zurich underground in 1973 in a referendum.

Günthard was the district president in 1969 and 1976 in accordance with the schedule. On the evening of November 10, 1976, he was giving a speech during an event organized by the Constaffel Society in the Haus zum Rüden when he suddenly collapsed. Shortly afterwards he died in the canton hospital in Zurich .

Web links

• Markus Bürgi: Alois Günthard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Article of the Adliswil History Association