Claude Genoud

Claude Genoud

Claude Genoud (born November 21, 1912 in Châtel-Saint-Denis , † August 12, 1988 in Charmey ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .

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Genaud's parents were Oscar Genoud , entrepreneur and national councilor , and Marie Marguerite Antonie b. Deschenaux. Claude was the third of eight children. He married Trudy Bäumle. From 1942 to 1961, his brother Hubert was the chief bailiff of the Vivisbach district .

After visiting the College of St. Michael , he moved to the Benedictine College in Sarnen , where he passed his Matura in 1933 . He studied electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . In 1941 he took over the management of his father's wood wool factory.

From 1946 to 1956 he sat as a member of the Vivisbach district in the Grand Council and was a member of the National Economic Commission. He headed the municipal road commission. Elected to the municipal council of Châtel-Saint-Denis , where he was responsible for water and forestry, he became bailiff in 1950 and held this office until 1956. In 1955 he ran for the National Council. The Grand Council elected him Vice-President with a view to the presidency in 1957.

On June 16, 1956, following the death of Maxime Quartenoud , he was quietly elected to the Council of State, in which he sat for three legislative terms until 1971. Initially, he briefly headed the police and health directorate before taking over the building directorate after the general elections of 1956. In 1961 and 1967 he was President of the State Council (in 1967 he was elected with a record 123 votes). He played an important role in the expansion of the cantonal road network.

He provided the canton with legal foundations that corresponded to increasing motorization (Road Act, Law on Motor Vehicle Taxation) and successfully campaigned for the inclusion of the A12 in the Swiss national road program and for the four-lane expansion (instead of the three lanes provided by the federal government) of this important one Expressway a. The A12 promoted the economic upswing in the south of the canton (Vivisbach and Gruyère districts ). The establishment of a cantonal spatial planning office underscored the growing importance of spatial planning, which the canton had to initiate in order to ensure appropriate land use and orderly settlement of the country (Art. 22 quater of the Federal Constitution, passed in 1969). In the army, Claude Genoud was Major in the Air Force .

He died on August 12, 1988 at the age of 76 in Freiburg.

literature

• Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .

Web links

• Marius Michaud and GL: Genoud, Claude. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .