Edmund Richner

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Edmund Gottlieb Richner (born September 7, 1900 in St. Gallen ; † April 27, 1994 in Zurich , reformed , resident in Zurich and Rohr ) was a Swiss journalist , editor and politician (FDP) .

biography

Edmund Richner was born on September 7, 1900 in St. Gallen as the son of Pastor Rudolf Richner and Diem, born in Elisabeth. He began studying economics and law at the University of Zurich , which he completed in 1930 with the academic degree of Dr. oec. finished.

Edmund Richner began his professional career in 1926 as an employee of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . In 1927 he took over the parliamentary reporting from the Grand City Council (today the City Council of Zurich ), later from the Zurich Cantonal Council and the National Council . In 1933 he was granted the authority to sign and from 1935 to the end of June 1967 he headed the domestic editorial team.

As a member of the organizing committee and president of the press committee, he campaigned for the 1939 national exhibition .

From 1948 to 1950 he was President of the Association of the Swiss Press (today Imprint ).

Edmund Richner, who was a member of the Zunft zum Kämbel , married Hildegard nee Wiesmann in 1948. He died on April 27, 1994 at the age of 94 in Zurich.

Political career

As a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), Edmund Richner served on the Grand City Council of Zurich from 1928 to 1947. Immediately afterwards he represented his party in the Zurich Cantonal Council , which he presided over in 1960/1961. To this end, he was President of the FDP of the Canton of Zurich between 1948 and 1952. From the very beginning, he was very committed to promoting women's suffrage as the completion of direct democracy .

Richner's commitment during World War II was aimed at national cohesion. In the post-war period he spoke out journalistically and politically for the expansion of the transport infrastructure . He was a member of the initiative committee for the construction of Kloten Airport and campaigned for the expansion of the national road network . He joined the National UNESCO Commission and repeatedly represented Switzerland on behalf of the Federal Council as a delegate at UNESCO general conferences .

Works (selection)

  • Le Mercier de la Rivière. A leader of the physiocratic movement in France (= Zurich economic research. Volume 19). Girsberger, Zurich 1931 (also Diss. Univ. Zurich 1930).
  • Walter Bissegger: Editor-in-chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 1885 to 1915 (= personality and newspaper. Volume IV). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1983.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Kurt Müller : On the death of Edmund Richner. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 3, 1994, p. 23.
  2. ^ Paul Mombert : E. Richner, Le Mercier de la Rivière. Review , archived on JSTOR .
personal data
SURNAME Richner, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richner, Edmund Gottlieb (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist, editor and politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1994
Place of death Zurich