Eric Honegger

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Eric Honegger (1986)

Eric Antoine Pierre Honegger (born April 29, 1946 in Zurich ; resident in Rüschlikon and Fischenthal ) is a Swiss politician ( FDP ) and manager .

biography

Eric Honegger grew up as the son of the later Federal Councilor Fritz Honegger in Rüschlikon. In 1964 he graduated from the Freudenberg Cantonal School in Zurich. He then studied history and journalism at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in 1976 .

From 1975 to 1979 Honegger was party secretary of the FDP in the city and canton of Zurich. From 1980 to 1981 he worked for the Society for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy (today part of Economiesuisse ). From 1982 to 1987 he was managing director of the Swiss Association of Graphic Companies (SVGU, today the Swiss Association for Visual Communication, Viscom).

From 1974 to 1978 he was a member of the Rüschlikon municipal council . From 1979 to 1987 he was a member of the Zurich Cantonal Council . In 1987 he was elected to the government council, of which he was a member until 1999 and which he presided over in 1993/94 and 1998/99. Initially he headed the building department, from 1991 the finance department.

Honegger was a member of the SAirGroup Board of Directors from 1993 . After resigning as a member of the government, he became full-time vice-chairman of the SAirGroup board of directors and, from May 1, 2000, succeeded Hannes Goetz as chairman of the board of directors. In January 2001 he also took over the management of the SAirGroup. In March 2001 he was removed from the Board of Directors and replaced by Mario Corti . In addition, Honegger was a member of the UBS Board of Directors and Chairman of the NZZ Board of Directors until 2001 .

In March 2006, the public prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich brought charges against Honegger and 18 other people in connection with the Swissair bankruptcy. Honegger was accused of improper business management and tax fraud. The Bülach District Court acquitted him on June 7, 2007 on all counts. He received litigation compensation of 99,625 francs. The prosecution did not advance the verdict; thus the acquittal is final. Honegger was also acquitted in civil suits .

In 2012 he and his partner moved to Gerersdorf in Burgenland , Austria , where they now run the Arkadenhof guest house.

Publications

  • Bourgeois and frontist press on Swiss-German press policy in the run-up to the Second World War; investigated using the example of the “Schaffhauser Intellektivenblatt” and the “Grenzbote”. Conzett + Huber, Zurich 1976 (dissertation).
  • Reminder Process: A Report. Ammann Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-250-10510-7 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eric Antoine Pierre Honegger. In: moneyhouse.ch , accessed on September 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Schweizer Illustrierte . May 29, 2000.
  3. ^ Swissair trial: Defense lawyers plead for acquittal in: Swissinfo of February 22, 2007
  4. ↑ acquittals for all those responsible for Swissair. swissinfo , June 7, 2007, accessed March 4, 2010 .
  5. ↑ All defendants acquitted ( memento of October 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in: Tages-Anzeiger of June 7, 2007
  6. ↑ The public prosecutor's office no longer adopts the SAirGroup rulings in: NZZ Online from 7 September 2007
  7. ↑ a b Philipp Loser: The disabled. Portrait in: Tages-Anzeiger from July 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ The arcade courtyard. Website for the guest house
  9. ^ Ruedi Baumann: Ex-Swissair boss Honegger emigrates. In: Tages-Anzeiger from September 19, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Honegger, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Honegger, Eric Antoine Pierre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP) and manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich