Emil Mäder

Emil Mäder (born February 21, 1875 in Oberuzwil ; † June 17, 1936 in St. Gallen ; resident in Sirnach , honorary citizen of Gossau SG ) was a Swiss politician ( KVP ).

biography

Emil Mäder was born on February 21, 1875 in Oberuzwil as the son of the veterinarian Johann Jakob Mäder and Maria Martina Rütschi. He studied veterinary medicine at the Universities of Zurich and Bern , which he graduated with the state examination in Bern . He settled down as a veterinarian in Gossau SG . Despite his professional success, he would have preferred to become a lawyer in retrospect . Emil Mäder was married to Lydia Luise Eigenmann for the first time. After her early death, he married Anna Maria Krähenmann in 1906. There was a daughter from the first marriage and five and four sons from the second. One of them was Elmar Mäder, who later became head of the Federal Aliens Police.

Political career

His participation was in demand in practically all public offices, including as President of the Gossau District Court. In 1915 Emil Mäder was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gallen . At the cantonal assembly of delegates of the KVP on May 2, 1920, he was nominated as a candidate for government council and on May 16, 1920, he was honored by the St. Gallen electorate. In Councilor Emil Mäder took over the Department of Finance and reached in the early years of a balanced budget and a subordinate debt. The global economic crisis did not leave the finances of the canton of St. Gallen untouched either, and so much of what had been achieved was destroyed again. Emil Mäder was Landammann in 1924/1925 and 1930/1931 . In 1928 Emil Mäder was elected to the National Council for the CIP , where he was appointed to the National Council Finance Commission shortly after his election. Emil Mäder's political career at federal and cantonal level ended with his death on June 17, 1936.

Web links

• Wolfgang Göldi: Mäder, Emil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Emil Mäder on the website of the Federal Assembly