Andreas Herczog

Andreas Herczog at the lectern of the National Council (1986)

Andreas Herczog (born February 11, 1947 in Budapest ; died September 12, 2021 ; resident in Liestal ) was a Swiss politician ( POCH , SP ). From 1979 to 1999 he was a member of the National Council for the Canton of Zurich .

Life

Herczog came to Switzerland as a child in 1956 as a refugee after the Hungarian uprising . He studied at the ETH Zurich architecture .

Herczog began his political career in 1968 in the SP, but joined the POCH in the same year. He was elected to the City Council of Zurich in 1974; In 1978 he resigned from it. In 1975 he was elected to the Cantonal Council of the Canton of Zurich ; In 1979 he was not re-elected. In 1979 he was elected to the National Council, where he remained a member for twenty years. After the dissolution of the POCH, he returned to the SP in 1991. In 1999 he stopped taking part.

In 1976, the Swiss left around Andreas Herczog and SP National Councilor Jean Ziegler signed an international appeal calling for the reunification of Korea according to the "principles" of Kim Il-sung .

As a pioneer of urban planning, Herczog worked on the West Side development on the former Steinfels area in Zurich's urban district 5, where he and his architecture office developed a prototype for the conversion of the former factory premises. In 2002 the residential complex including mixed use with offices and restaurants was opened.

Herzcog succumbed to a corona infection in September 2021 at the age of 74 .

Like Daniel Vischer and Niklaus Scherr , he is one of those Swiss leftists of their time who lived in Basel before they finally settled in Zurich.

Web links

Andreas Herczog on the website of the Federal Assembly ( submitted proposals )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Andreas Herczog on the website of the Federal Assembly ( submitted proposals ) , accessed on September 16, 2021.
↑ Monira Djurdjevic: Zurich's former National Councilor dies of corona despite vaccination. In: 20min.ch . September 16, 2021, accessed September 16, 2021.
^ Frank A. Meyer : Head of the day: Andreas Herczog . In: Basler Zeitung . October 9, 1980.
↑ ^a ^b Herczog's resignation. In: Freiburger Nachrichten . March 20, 1999, p. 17 , accessed on September 16, 2021 (reproduced on e-newspaperarchives.ch).
↑ Synes Ernst: The Zurich-POC National Council Andreas Herczog: Left alternative to the SP . In: Tages-Anzeiger . December 10, 1979.
↑ Lucien Scherrer: Kim Il Sungs Swiss Friends. In: NZZ.ch. November 7, 2017, accessed September 16, 2021 .
↑ ^a ^b Jann Lienhart, Stefan Hotz: Former National Councilor Andreas Herczog died of Covid-19. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 16, 2021, accessed September 16, 2021 .

personal data
SURNAME	Herczog, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician (POCH, SP) and architect
BIRTH DATE	February 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 2021

[p-1] Andreas Herczog on the website of the Federal Assembly ( submitted proposals ) , accessed on September 16, 2021.

[2] Monira Djurdjevic: Zurich's former National Councilor dies of corona despite vaccination. In: 20min.ch . September 16, 2021, accessed September 16, 2021.

[3] Frank A. Meyer : Head of the day: Andreas Herczog . In: Basler Zeitung . October 9, 1980.

[FN-4] Herczog's resignation. In: Freiburger Nachrichten . March 20, 1999, p. 17 , accessed on September 16, 2021 (reproduced on e-newspaperarchives.ch).

[5] Synes Ernst: The Zurich-POC National Council Andreas Herczog: Left alternative to the SP . In: Tages-Anzeiger . December 10, 1979.

[6] Lucien Scherrer: Kim Il Sungs Swiss Friends. In: NZZ.ch. November 7, 2017, accessed September 16, 2021 .

[rip-7] Jann Lienhart, Stefan Hotz: Former National Councilor Andreas Herczog died of Covid-19. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 16, 2021, accessed September 16, 2021 .