André Ehrler

André Ehrler (born January 23, 1900 in Plainpalais , † April 1, 1949 in Carouge ) was a Swiss politician . He sat for the Social Democratic Party (SP) in the National Council and was a founding member of the Labor Party (PdA).

biography

The son of Albert Ehrler and Cécile (née Clément) worked as a teacher after graduating from high school . After the riots in Geneva on November 9, 1932 , he was the successor to Léon Nicole in the editorial office of the newspaper Le Travail . Because of his political attitude, he was suspended from school service, whereupon he took over the presidency of the SP of the canton of Geneva . From 1933 to 1935 he was a member of the National Council, from 1933 to 1936 he was also a member of the Geneva cantonal government and headed the health and welfare department. From 1936 Ehrler worked again as a teacher, but was again punished for his political activities and declared ineligible in 1941. He left the SP and was one of the founding members of the communist PdA in 1944 . He was also the editor of the newspaper La voix ouvrière . In 1947 he was elected to the municipal legislature of Carouge.

Ehrler was considered an art lover, with film and dance particularly appealing to him. He was a strong advocate of artistic freedom of expression and from 1929 was a member of the Amis du film nouveau association . He published art reviews in the press.

Web links

• Charles Heimberg: André Ehrler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .