Augusto Fogliardi
Augusto Fogliardi (born September 27, 1818 in Marseille , † around 1890 in Turkey ), entitled to live in Melano , was a Swiss politician . From 1852 to 1854 and in 1863 he was a member of the National Council and in 1864 of the Council of States .
biography
Fogliardi was the son of a lawyer . He followed his father's example and completed a law degree at the University of Zurich . From 1847 he worked as a lawyer himself. In the military he last held the rank of colonel . Fogliardi represented radical liberal views and was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino in 1844 , of which he was a member until 1855.
In June 1852 he ran for the seat of the late Benigno Soldini in a by-election in the constituency of Ticino-South , and in the National Council elections in 1854 he waived re-election. From 1861 to 1863 he was again a member of the Ticino Grand Council. In another by-election in December 1862, he entered the National Council for the second time, only to resign ten months later. In 1863 Fogliardi traveled to the United States on official instructions from the Federal Council (i.e. during the War of Civil Secession ). The Grand Council appointed him one of the Ticino representatives in the Council of States for 1864. In the same year he ran unsuccessfully as a Federal Councilor .
literature
- Fabrizio Panzera: Augusto Fogliardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 23, 2004 , accessed March 23, 2020 .
Web links
- Augusto Fogliardi Council of States on parlament.ch/de/biographie/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Altermatt : Jean-Jacques Chalelt-Venel . In: Urs Altermatt (Ed.): Das Bundesratslexikon . NZZ Libro , Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-03810-218-2 , p. 113 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fogliardi, Augusto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1890 |
| Place of death | Turkey |