Arnold Koller
Arnold Koller (born August 29, 1933 in Appenzell or St. Gallen ; legal resident in Gossau SG and Oberbüren ) is a Swiss legal scholar and politician ( CVP ). He was a member of the Federal Council from 1987 to 1999 .
Life
Arnold Koller studied at the University of St. Gallen economics and graduated in 1957 with a licentiate from. He studied law at the University of Freiburg , graduated in 1959 and was admitted to the bar in Appenzell Innerrhoden in 1960 . In 1966 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In 1971 and 1972 he completed his education with studies at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1972 he became associate professor and in 1980 full professor for European and international economic and social law at the University of St. Gallen.
politics
From 1971 to 1986 Koller was a member of the National Council. In 1980 he chaired the CVP parliamentary group, and in the 1984/85 office year he was President of the National Council . At the same time, he presided over the Innerrhoder Cantonal Court from 1973 to 1986 .
He was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1986. From 1987 to 1989 he was the head of the Federal Military Department (EMD) and from 1989 to 1999 the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP). He was Federal President in 1990 and 1997. On March 31, 1999, he handed over his office to his successor, Ruth Metzler-Arnold , after he had announced his resignation on January 13.
Koller is married and has two children. In the Swiss Army he was a lieutenant colonel in the general staff .
See also
Publications
- From the workshop of a Federal Council. Stämpfli, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-7272-1419-6 ( About the book )
- Speech on August 1, 1997 ( Memento from February 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
literature
- Arnold Koller in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Hermann Bischofberger: Koller, Arnold. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Arnold Koller on the FDJP website
- Claudia Schoch: Former Federal Councilor Arnold Koller is eighty. Statesman even without office. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of August 27, 2013
- Andri Rostetter: Former Federal Councilor Arnold Koller: "The EU sits on the longer lever" , In: Luzerner Zeitung of August 28, 2018
- Literature by and about Arnold Koller in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arnold Koller. (No longer available online.) Federal Department of Justice and Police FDJP, archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on May 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Historical Lexicon of Switzerland, see above.
predecessor | Office | Successor |
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Kurt Furgler |
Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1987–1999 |
Ruth Metzler-Arnold |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koller, Arnold |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (CVP) |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |