Charles Baud
Charles Baud (born April 17, 1825 in Apples , † December 25, 1908 there , entitled to live in Apples) was a Swiss politician .
biography
Baud graduated from the Progymnasium and then worked as a farmer and reindeer .
From 1858 to 1874 and from 1886 to 1889 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud , where he represented free-spirited ideas. In the meantime he was State Councilor of the Canton of Vaud from 1874 to 1885 , where he headed first the military and then the agricultural department. In the parliamentary elections in 1866 he was elected to the National Council, of which he was a member until 1893.
Charles Baud was a member of the bank council of the Cantonal Bank of Vaud , the Crédit Foncier Vaudois and the cantonal mortgage bank. He was co-founder and vice-president of the Bière-Apples-Morges-Bahn and a member of the district council of churches and the synod .
In his will he stated that his fortune should be invested in the creation of a welfare institution for disabled and terminally ill women. An institution was set up on his property that was later renamed the Fondation Commandant Baud retirement and nursing home .
His military degree in the Swiss Army was a lieutenant colonel .
Web links
- Laurent Tissot: Baud, Charles. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baud, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Apples |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1908 |
| Place of death | Apples |