Ernst Brugger

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Ernst Brugger

Ernst Brugger (* 10. March 1914 in Bellinzona , † 20th / 21st June 1998 in Gossau ZH ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ). As Federal Councilor he was Minister of Economic Affairs and once held the office of Federal President .

Career

Growing up as the son of a locomotive driver in Mönchaltorf , Ernst Brugger completed the teachers' seminar in Küsnacht ZH and became a primary school teacher . In 1936 he became a secondary school teacher in Gossau. In 1947 Brugger did not belong to any political party, but was nevertheless elected to the Zurich Cantonal Council by the voters of the Hinwil district. He was in the free-thinking faction from the start. After twelve years of parliamentary activity, Ernst Brugger was elected to the Zurich government council in 1959. He was Director of the Interior and Justice until 1967 and then took over the economics department. In the military he held the degree of major service chief in the army and house .

Act

Ernst Brugger was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1969 . After eight years he resigned on January 31, 1978 for reasons of age. During his tenure, the politician, respected across party lines, headed the Department of Economic Affairs. One of his most outstanding achievements was the free trade agreement of 1972. At that time there were very few bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the European Union . Brugger successfully completed a project that his predecessor Hans Schaffner played a key role in bringing about, the EFTA Agreement.

During his term of office, the introduction of compulsory unemployment insurance based on the tried and tested model of old-age and survivors' insurance (provisional federal decision of October 1976) fell.

He was Federal President in 1974 and Vice President in 1973.

Election results in the Federal Assembly

  • 1969: Election to the Federal Council with 160 votes (absolute majority: 119 votes)
  • 1971: Re-election as Federal Council with 214 votes (absolute majority: 110 votes)
  • 1972: Elected Vice President of the Federal Council with 195 votes (absolute majority: 105 votes)
  • 1973: Election to the Federal President with 198 votes (absolute majority: 105 votes)
  • 1975: Re-election as Federal Council with 211 votes (absolute majority: 111 votes)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://m.srf.ch/sendung/sinerzyt/ernst-brugger-1974-zweitplatzierter-schweizer-des-jahres , accessed on July 12, 2019
  2. ↑ https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/016613/2002-11-26/ , accessed on July 14, 2019
predecessor Office successor
Hans Schaffner Member of the Swiss Federal Council
1970 - 1978 		Fritz Honegger
personal data
SURNAME Brugger, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellinzona
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1998 or June 21, 1998
Place of death Gossau ZH