Arthur Maret

Arthur Maret (born August 11, 1892 in Chesalles-sur-Oron , † May 3, 1987 in Lausanne , reformed , resident in Payerne ) was a Swiss politician (SP) .

biography

Arthur Maret was born on August 11, 1892 in Chesalles-sur-Oron as the son of the clock stone maker Alfred Maret and Rose Monique, née Guinnard. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, Maret worked as an accountant and administrator for the Lausanne construction workers' cooperative, Coopérative des ouvriers du bâtiment. Arthur Maret, who was married twice, died on May 3, 1987, three months before he would have turned 95 in Lausanne.

Political activity

Arthur Maret, a member of the Social Democratic Party, began his political career in 1918 in the municipal council ( Legislature of Lausanne), in which he was represented from 1918 and 1933 as well as 1938 and 1946, and in 1931 as president. In addition, he was mayor of the “red” Lausanne between 1934 and 1937 . At cantonal level, he initially sat in the Vaudois Grand Council from 1921 to 1946 , before being elected as the first social democrat to the Vaudois State Council, of which he was a member until 1962.

Arthur Masset played a key role in the development of the cantonal hydropower plants and the expansion of the road network, for example the Lausanne-Geneva motorway and the Grosser St. Bernhard tunnel . He also acted as French President of the Fédération des socialistes chrétiens and director of its publication "L'Espoir du monde" .

literature

• Pierre Jeanneret: Un itinéraire politique à travers le socialisme en Suisse romande. La vie du Dr Maurice Jeanneret-Minkine, (1886-1953). l'Aire, Lausanne 1991, ISBN 2-88108-025-1 ( Histoire helvétique ).
• Pierre Jeanneret: Popistes. Histoire du Parti ouvrier et populaire vaudois, 1943–2001. d'En bas, Lausanne 2002, ISBN 2-8290-0272-5 , p. 707.

Web links

• Pierre Jeanneret: Maret, Arthur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .