Christoph Mörgeli

Christoph Mörgeli (2007)

Christoph Mörgeli (born July 16, 1960 in Stäfa ; resident in Schlatt ZH ) is a Swiss politician ( SVP ) and medical historian .

Study and science

Mörgeli completed the Matura Type B in 1979 at the Cantonal School of Zurich Oberland and studied general history, political science and German literature and linguistics at the University of Zurich . In 1985 he graduated with a licentiate and was employed as a permanent research assistant at the Medical History Institute and curator of the Medical History Museum and the medical history manuscript department. In 1986 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the Zurich doctor and politician Johannes Hegetschweiler . In 1987 Mörgeli completed the diploma for the higher teaching post. After Huldrych M. Koelbing's retirement , he headed the Medical History Institute for two semesters on an interim basis in 1989/90. From 1994 Mörgeli was senior assistant at the Medical History Institute and Museum. In 1995 he completed his habilitation at the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich with a thesis on medicine in the Biedermeier era and was appointed adjunct professor in 2001 . His main research interests included the history of the dance of death . In 2000 he was appointed Vice President of the European Dance of Death Association. V. elected, in 2009 he was re-elected.

"Mörgeli Affair"

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On September 11, 2012, the Tages-Anzeiger reported that the 2011 annual report of the Medical History Institute (not yet published at the time), written by the new director Flurin Condrau , contains severe criticism of the condition of the museum headed by Mörgeli and the scope of its teaching activities. After Mörgeli had accused the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Sciences (SGGMN) of not printing his manuscripts for the journal Gesnerus, which it edited, for political reasons, they suggested that he withdraw from its ranks. In November 2011 the university commissioned an extraordinary performance assessment for Mörgeli. Mörgeli described himself as a victim of bullying by institute employees , the institute director and “certain media”. On September 21, 2012 the University of Mörgeli announced the termination of his employment and the immediate release. The termination took place with a six-month notice period. The university justified this with serious breaches of duty of loyalty, which Mörgeli had committed with his statements in various media towards the university, so that the relationship of trust was massively and irretrievably destroyed. Thus, contrary to the original intention, a second employee evaluation with a probation period is no longer possible. His position as adjunct professor is not affected by this termination. Mörgeli announced that he would appeal against the dismissal. On September 28, 2012, after Mörgeli had been able to comment in writing, the university carried out the announced termination due to poor performance and serious breaches of duty of loyalty. Mörgeli was released immediately and the employment relationship was terminated at the end of March 2013. Mörgeli filed a lawsuit against the dismissal and otherwise demanded a severance payment of 156,000 Swiss francs.

In November 2012, Mörgeli applied unsuccessfully for the vacant position of rector of the University of Zurich to succeed Rector Andreas Fischer .

On March 27, 2013, in the television program Rundschau from Swiss radio and television, Christoph Mörgeli was accused of having helped medical doctoral students to obtain an academic doctorate too easily . In more than 12 of 60 dissertations supervised by Christoph Mörgeli, the work is said to have mainly consisted of the transcription of old texts. Mörgeli defended the transcriptions as a scientific achievement and sees himself as the victim of a political campaign against him, and there is no work that consists only of transcriptions. The University of Zurich announced that it would clarify the facts of the allegations made by the Rundschau broadcast regarding the medical history dissertations. In April 2013, Mörgeli filed a complaint with the SRG ombudsman against two contributions from the Rundschau and one from the program 10vor10 . In it he complained that the contributions had degraded his professional integrity and conveyed incorrect information. Ombudsman Achille Casanova judged the objection to the 10vor10 post as unfounded, the objection to one Rundschau post as partially justified, and in the case of a second Rundschau post as not justified. Mörgeli took his complaints to the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI), where they were unanimously rejected in December 2013; the programming law provisions had not been violated, the broadcasts met the requirement of appropriateness. Mörgeli announced that it would take the decision to the Federal Supreme Court , as the UBI had not addressed the essential points of his criticism. The Federal Supreme Court did not respond to his complaint in 2014 because Mörgeli had not submitted the required documents on time. On October 1, 2013, the University of Zurich announced that an international committee of experts commissioned by the university had come to the conclusion that a considerable part of the medical history dissertations that were written between 2002 and 2012 at the University of Zurich were defective; some were transcriptions with little or no commentary. This applies above all to the dissertations that were supervised by Mörgeli and his superior Beat Rüttimann .

politics

career

Mörgeli's political career began from 1986 to 1992 as a member of the church administration in Stäfa . In 1997 he joined the Zurich Cantonal Council for the Swiss People's Party (SVP) . In the parliamentary elections in 1999 he was elected to the National Council and resigned from the Cantonal Council; in 2003 , 2007 and 2011 he was confirmed as a National Councilor, but not re-elected in 2015 . He also ran for the 2019 National Council elections, but was again not elected. From 1999 to 2015 he was a member of the Foreign Policy Commission, from 2007 also the Commission for Science, Education and Culture, in addition to that, Christoph Mörgeli is a board member of the right-wing conservative AUNS and since 2001 head of the program commission of SVP Zurich.

In the media, Christoph Mörgeli is often given a pioneering role in the national party. In public, he regularly appeared in columns , including in Weltwoche and in the Berner Zeitung . In 2007 he was honored as a columnist by the magazine “Schweizer Journalist”.

Mörgeli has been a research assistant to National Councilor Roger Köppel since summer 2016 . Mörgeli has also been the editorial staff for Köppels Weltwoche since the end of 2015 .

Positions

Mörgeli belongs to the right wing of the SVP. His voting behavior in the National Council during the 46th legislature (1999-2003) is characterized on the one hand by the demand for tax cuts and through “ law and order ” postulates such as a strong army or a restrictive foreign policy , and on the other hand by pronounced reluctance to liberalize society, foreign policy Opening up or state engagement in areas such as education and research or environmental protection. A core element of his positions is the critical examination of socialism , which he conducts with ideological consistency and rhetorical sharpness that is unusual for Swiss standards. Accordingly, he categorically rejects any further expansion of the welfare state .

Awards

• 1996: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
• 2007: Columnist of the year for the Swiss media magazine Schweizer Journalist

Private

Mörgeli is an officer in the Swiss Army and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the infantry . He belongs to the guild of the Schmiden in Zurich .

Mörgeli is divorced and has two children. He is in a relationship and lives in Stäfa.

Varia

Christoph Mörgeli was with four other individuals as a possible winner of the Arosa Humor shovel 2012, a jury award of Arosa Humor Festival , nominated.

Fonts (selection)

• Dr. med. Johannes Hegetschweiler, 1789–1839: Victim of the «Züriputsch». Scientist and statesman between old and modern Switzerland (= Zurich treatises on the history of medicine. No. 180). Juris, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-260-05124-4 (dissertation University of Zurich 1985/1986, 222 pages).
• Europe's medicine in the Biedermeier period based on the travel reports of the Zurich doctor Conrad Meyer-Hofmeister 1827–1831. Edited, commented on and introduced by Christoph Mörgeli. Schwabe, Basel 1997, ISBN 3-7965-1033-7 .
• Farmers, citizens, federal councilors. 1917-2017. One hundred years of Zurich SVP. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-280-05663-9 .

Web links

Commons : Christoph Mörgeli  - Collection of images

• Literature by and about Christoph Mörgeli in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Christoph Mörgeli ( Memento from August 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
• Christoph Mörgeli on the website of the Federal Assembly
• Political profile of Christoph Mörgeli (voting behavior in the National Council, 46th legislature, 1999–2003) ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
• Christoph Mörgeli on the website of the University of Zurich ( Memento from September 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Show «Schawinski». Roger Schawinski in conversation with Christoph Mörgeli. Video in: Swiss television from October 24, 2011 ( online, 28 minutes )
• Iwan Städler: How the Mörgeli affair escalated. In: Tages-Anzeiger . 20th November 2013
• Philipp Gut : Mörgeli case. Series in the world week
• Report by the Education and Health Supervisory Commission on the investigations relating to the Medical History Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich. KR no. 127/2014. In: Cantonal Council of Zurich . June 5, 2014 (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait. Christoph Mörgeli's website, accessed on September 20, 2012 .  
2. ^ Iwan Städler: Serious allegations against Professor Christoph Mörgeli. In: Tages-Anzeiger . September 11, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .  
3. ↑ Flurin Condrau: Academic Report 2011. (PDF; 360 kB) (No longer available online.) Medical History Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ Alois Feusi: The pressure on Christoph Mörgeli continues to grow. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 16, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .  
5. ^ Iwan Städler: An outsider in his field. In: Tages-Anzeiger. September 12, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .  
6. ↑ Iwan Städler: The Mörgeli case continues to come to a head. In: Tages-Anzeiger. September 17, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .  
7. ↑ Jürg Krebs, Michael Rüegg: Mörgeli: "I am one of 10,000 Swiss victims of bullying". In: Aargauer Zeitung . September 14, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .  
8. ^ University of Zurich resigns from Prof. Christoph Mörgeli. (No longer available online.) University of Zurich , September 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; Retrieved September 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
9. ↑ Mörgeli has to leave Zurich University. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. September 21, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012 .  
10. ↑ Andrea Sommer: "The background is political, that is even in the report" Interview in the Berner Zeitung of September 22, 2012
11. ^ University of Zurich dismisses Prof. Christoph Mörgeli. ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release from the University of Zurich on September 28, 2012 
12. ↑ Iwan Städler: Mörgeli's lawyer wants to go to Strasbourg if necessary , Tages-Anzeiger from November 9, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2012.
13. ↑ Mörgeli demands 156,000 francs from the University of Zurich , Tages-Anzeiger of November 11, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2012.
14. ↑ Back to the university - Mörgeli wants to become rector , NZZ online from November 15, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2012.
15. ↑ Mörgeli sees himself as predestined for the position of university rector , Tages-Anzeiger from November 16, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2012.
16. ↑ Jürg Krebs: The successor for university director Andreas Fischer becomes an internal . In: Limmattaler Zeitung from March 5, 2013
17. ↑ Mörgeli: "This is attempted character assassination" SRF 1 of April 11, 2013
18. ↑ Marc Meschenmoser: Professor Mörgeli awarded a doctorate for copying. In: SRF 1 of March 27, 2013.
19. ↑ University of Zurich clarifies the facts. ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release of March 28, 2013 
20. ↑ Christof Moser: «If ‹Weltwoche› had asked us, we could have saved them from failure» Interview with Mario Poletti in Switzerland on Sunday 13 April 2013
21. ^ Mörgeli: "The state broadcaster actually does character assassination" In: Aargauer Zeitung of April 11, 2013
22. ↑ ^{a b} UBI rejects Mörgeli complaints. Media release of December 6, 2013
23. ↑ Doctorate controversy about Christoph Mörgeli: Did SRF broadcasts violate programming law? ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: SRG Deutschschweiz, summaries, accessed on August 11, 2013. 
24. ^ Christof Moser: Mörgeli's criticism of Swiss television is partially justified. In: Switzerland on Sunday June 1, 2013.
25. ↑ SRG ombudsman agrees that Christoph Mörgeli is partially right. In: persoenlich.com from June 2, 2013.
26. ^ Rainer Stadler : UBI rejects Christoph Mörgeli. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from December 6, 2013
27. ↑ b. 676/677/678. Decision of December 6, 2013. In: UBI , accessed on April 24, 2014 (PDF file)
28. ↑ Mörgeli moves on UBI decision. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung / sda of December 8, 2013.
29. ^ Katharina Fontana: Controversial "Rundschau" broadcast. Rejection for Mörgeli. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 18, 2014.
30. ↑ Medical history dissertations: Scientific supervision of the doctoral students was partially insufficient ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release of the University of Zurich of October 1, 2013, accessed on October 7, 2013. 
31. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : The SVP is a historic winner , accessed on October 18, 2015
32. ↑ Not elected and voted out - anyone who leaves the big stage - or does not even enter it. October 20, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 . 
33. ↑ Markus Schär: Power network by Christoph Mörgeli: Blochers Bengel. In: Balance . 12/2005, June 28, 2005.
34. ^ Mörgeli and the SVP shadow cabinet. In: Tages-Anzeiger. October 31, 2007.
35. ↑ Christoph Mörgeli is now a journalist. In: 20 minutes. November 25, 2015 ( m.20min.ch ).
36. ^ Andreas Schürer: New mandate for Christoph Mörgeli. With one leg in the National Council. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 17th September 2016.
37. ↑ Parliamentary Mirror 48th Legislature ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
38. ^ Annual report of the University of Zurich 1997/98. P. 93, (PDF p. 48). Retrieved May 25, 2013.
39. ↑ Awards on Christoph Mörgeli's website, accessed on May 25, 2013.
40. ^ National Councilor Mörgeli is "Columnist of the Year" In: Kleinreport from December 19, 2007.
41. ↑ Flavia Schlittler: Now the abandoned husband is speaking. “My wife exchanged me for Mörgeli” In: Blick.ch from January 23, 2015.
42. ↑ Aroser Zeitung of November 9, 2012, p. 30.