Andreas Iten

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Andreas Iten (1982)

Andreas Iten (born February 27, 1936 in Unterägeri ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP ) and writer . From 1974 to 1994 he was a member of the government of the Canton of Zug and from 1986 to 1998 a member of the Council of States . From 1999 to 2013 he was president of the Central Switzerland Writers' Association (ISSV).

Life and career

Andreas Iten was born into a farming family. As the oldest of eight children, he grew up with his siblings in Unterägeri and went to school there. After a year of commercial school at the Cantonal School in Zug, he switched to the teachers' seminar in Schwyz , where he acquired a teaching certificate. From 1957 to 1961 he taught at the schools in Baar . In 1958 he married the teacher and singer Elisabeth Lüthold. In 1961 the couple moved to Basel, where Elisabeth was engaged as a choir singer with solo commitments at the Stadttheater. Andreas Iten meanwhile studied psychology , education and philosophy at the University of Basel (1961–1965). In 1965 Elisabeth received an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Andreas continued his studies at the Free University of Berlin . In 1966 they both returned to Switzerland, where Iten taught psychology and education at the Bernarda teacher training college in Menzingen until 1974 . His wife Elisabeth took over the leadership of the children's choir in Unterägeri. She appeared as a soloist in trade fairs and concerts.

In 1993 Andreas Iten was made an honorary citizen of Unterägeri.

Andreas Iten has been widowed since 2004. He has two daughters and still lives in Unterägeri today.

politics

Iten was elected to the Unterägeri municipal council in 1970 as a newcomer to politics, where he was also mayor and represented his party until 1977. Also in 1970 he was elected to the Zug Cantonal Council . In 1974 he was elected to the Zug government council. From 1974 to 1994 he was Head of the Interior and Forestry Directorate. Under Iten, the municipal law and the social welfare law (so-called «poor law» from 1918) were revised, as well as the forest and hunting law. He still got the revision of the fisheries law under way. During his reign, debt collection assistance, alimony advances and an equal opportunities office were set up. Iten was elected Landammann twice . He held this office in 1985 and 1986 as well as in 1991 and 1992. In 1994 he did not run for the government council elections.

Iten was also active as a politician at the federal level. From 1986 to 1998 he represented the Canton of Zug in the Council of States. There he worked, among other things, as President of the Audit Committee and as a teller. He also presided over the Commission for Science, Education and Culture (WBK) and the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication Commission (DETEC) of the Federal Office for the Environment. He was also a delegate of the Parliament's Administrative Commission. At the time of his resignation, he was Vice President of the Council of States and would have presided over the body a year later.

Other offices

  • 1988–2002: President of the Swiss Working Group for Democracy (SAD)
  • 1994–2004: President of the Board of Trustees of the Media Education Center (MAZ)
  • 1996–2005: President of «agogis - Vocational Education in the Social Sector»
  • 1998–2005: President of the Recognition Commission for Universities of Applied Sciences in the EDK area
  • 1998–2005: President of the Federal Film Commission
  • 1998–2007: Ombudsman for SBB staff
  • 2000–2007: President of the Swiss Feuilleton Service (sfd)

Literary work

Iten was already active as a writer while he was working as a professional politician. He wrote columns for the print media for decades. First under the pseudonym "AMI" for the "Zuger Tagblatt", later as "Andreas Iten, Council of States" or "old Council of States", for the " Neue Luzerner Zeitung ", the "Zuger Nachrichten" and the "Zuger Presse" . Today his columns appear on the website of Seniorweb Switzerland. Iten has published numerous novels, volumes of short stories, poems and non-fiction books as well as essays.

In 1999 Iten took over the presidency of the Central Swiss Writers' Association . In this function he made the diverse literary work in Central Switzerland known beyond the region. Among other things, he initiated the “Central Switzerland Literature Days” in the Willisau Mill , which merged into the “Rigi Literature Days” in autumn 2010, and the “Höhenflug” literature festival, which takes place every third year in Zug. In 2013, Iten resigned as ISSV President.

Publications (selection)

  • The sun in children's drawings and its psychological meaning . Train 1974.
  • Soon first graders - what then? A practical guide for parents. Train 1975.
  • The Schwingfest . Novel. Publisher Rolf Kugler, Oberwil b. Train 1981.
  • What children's drawings say . (= School and Parents' House Series. No. 44). Meiringen 1986.
  • The hammock turnaround . Novel. Reuss Verlag, Lucerne 1988, ISBN 3-907596-06-4 .
  • Benefits. Forays into the Zug communities . Zürcher Druck und Verlag, Zug 1991, ISBN 390928785 .
  • Year of the cherry tree. About love for life, fates and friendships . With photos by Teresa Iten. Zürcher Druck und Verlag, Rotkreuz 1996, ISBN 3-909287-153 .
  • In signs of the fish. The dispute over a Reuss fishing and how the annual meeting between the governments of Aargau and Zug came about . Druck und Verlag Kalt-Zehnder-Druck, Zug 1999, ISBN 3-85761-270-3 .
  • Blocher's Populism and Contradiction. On the truth of the Albisgüetli speech 99 . Werd Verlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-85932-298-2 .
  • Enjoy politics. Style, decency and common sense in political debate. Werd Verlag, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85932-327-X .
  • Anna Galante . Novel. Wallimann Verlag, Alpnach 2002, ISBN 3-908713-26-9 .
  • The hand reader . Stories. Wallimann Verlag, Alpnach 2003, ISBN 3-908713-26-9 .
  • Re-read - A Political Report . Novel. Wallimann Verlag, Alpnach 2006, ISBN 3-908713-61-7 .
  • The pastor's shadow. Wallimann Verlag, Alpnach 2008, ISBN 978-3-908713-79-1 .
  • No cow in Berlin , Wallimann Verlag, Alpnach 2013, ISBN 978-3-905969-27-6 .
  • The screw engineer. Pro Libro publishing house, Lucerne 2014, ISBN 978-3-905927-40-5 .
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land. Stammtisch discussions. Pro Libro publishing house, Lucerne 2015, ISBN 978-3-905927-51-1 .
  • In the garden of Epicurus . Poems. Private printing, Unterägeri 2016.
  • Prestobello . Novel. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2019, ISBN 978-3-99018-495-0 .
  • Trouble. A church tower, an election oracle and village celebrities . Verlag Triner, Schwyz 2019, ISBN 978-3-908572-94-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Bugmann: How a farmer's son overcomes the educational barrier . In: Neue Zuger Zeitung . 4th September 2013.
  2. ↑ Susanne Holz: 100 years of Dada - 80 years of Andreas Iten . In: Zug press . March 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Andreas Iten became an honorary citizen . In: Zuger Zeitung . March 31, 1993, p. 13 .
  4. ↑ Elisabeth Iten died . In: Zug press . November 10, 2004.
  5. ↑ Karl Etter: "We need an office for women's issues" Government Councilor Andreas Iten and the variety of tasks of his management. In: Zuger Tagblatt . October 30, 1990, p. 13 .
  6. ^ Karl Etter: Only Council of States. Resignation of Government Councilor Andreas Iten . In: Zuger Nachrichten . May 7, 1994, p. 17 .
  7. ↑ "Mer must stop talking to each other" . In: Zug press . May 25, 2016, p. 13 .
  8. ↑ Personal website: Activities. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Mer must stop talking to one another . In: Zug press . May 25, 2016, p. 13 .
  10. ↑ seniorweb. Retrieved December 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Personal website: Writing. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Urs Bugmann: Andreas Iten presides authors of Central Switzerland . In: Neue Zuger Zeitung . October 26, 1998.
personal data
SURNAME Iten, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP) and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterägeri