Benjamin Hofstetter

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Benjamin Hofstetter (1986)

Benjamin Hofstetter (born January 6, 1952 ; resident in Langnau im Emmental ) is a Swiss veterinarian and former politician ( Free List ).

Life

Benjamin Hofstetter received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Bern in 1980 . From 1983 to 1985 he presided over the IG Velo Bern . As a resident of Reconvilier , he was elected to the seat of the government council of the canton of Bern reserved for the Bernese Jura in 1986 . He prevailed against Geneviève Aubry ( FDP ). Benjamin Hofstetter and Leni Robert were the first green councilors in Switzerland. Hofstetter headed the police department. In 1990 he was not re-elected, his successor was the free-thinking Mario Annoni . He then worked in the animal welfare department of the Veterinary Service of the Canton of Bern.

Since Hofstetter had achieved a majority of votes in the entire canton in 1986, but not in the Bernese Jura, a new counting procedure was subsequently determined that weighted the votes of the Bernese Jura population more heavily: the geometric mean of the votes in the entire canton and the votes in the Bernese Law.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernest Weibel: Politique et Conseils d'État en Suisse romande de 1940 à nos jours. Éditions Universitaires, Friborg 1996, p. 94.
  2. ^ Title entry of the dissertation , catalog of the IDS Basel Bern , accessed on March 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Anniversary: ​​30 years of Pro Velo Bern. In: Velojournal. 2008, no. 6, regional section Bern, p. 6 ( online ).
  4. ^ A b c Philippe Hebeisen: Hofstetter, Benjamin (1952–) , Dictionnaire du Jura, March 15, 2006/19. October 2006, accessed March 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b Dölf Barben: Geometric mean decides whether or not to be in the Bernese Jura , Berner Zeitung online, February 3, 2010, accessed on March 30, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Hofstetter, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss veterinarian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1952