Camille Brandt

Camille Brandt (born October 23, 1884 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , † August 4, 1971 in Neuchâtel , reformed , resident in Le Locle , La Roche and Lavey-Morcles ) was a Swiss politician (SP) .

biography

Camille Brandt was born on October 23, 1884 in La Chaux-de-Fonds as the son of the watchmaker and activist of the First International Numa Brandt and Anna née Zumbrunn. Brandt completed primary school and high school in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

As a result he was employed as a post office clerk between 1901 and 1924. Camille Brandt was married to Alice nee Stüdi. He died on August 4, 1971 at the age of 86 in Neuchâtel.

Political career

Camille Brandt was an active member of the socialist movement since 1906 . At the municipal level, Brandt served in the municipal government of La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1924, where he was responsible for finances, the school system and the municipal employment office. At cantonal level, Camille Brandt was initially represented in the Neuchâtel Grand Council from 1922 to 1941 , before being elected to the Neuchâtel State Council in November 1941 as the first social democrat , of which he was a member until his resignation in 1953.

As head of the Department of Home Affairs and Education, he was committed to realizing social and cultural issues.

literature

• Feuille d'avis de Neuchâtel, 1738-1988, August 5-8, 1971
• N. Rousseau: PSN-Historique, 1981, p. 45 f.
• Histoire du Pays de Neuchâtel, 3 vols., 1989–93, vol. 3

Web links

• Marc Perrenoud: Brandt, Camille. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Publications by and about Camille Brandt in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library