Ernst Graf (politician)
Ernst Graf (born October 3, 1884 in Schwellbrunn ; † November 2, 1949 in St. Gallen ; resident in Rebstein ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ) in the canton of St. Gallen .
life and work
Graf spent his youth in Appenzellerland . After attending grammar school in Schiers , he studied law at the University of Basel , the University of Lausanne and the University of Leipzig . Graf was in the Swiss Zofingerverein and received his doctorate in 1908.
As a lawyer, Graf had his law firm in Gossau and was a free-thinking St. Gallen councilor from 1912 to 1941 . When Graf moved his law office to St. Gallen, he was elected to the city council in 1930 , where he alternately headed the school, police and building administration.
His most important official business as government councilor and head of the cantonal building department of St. Gallen included the regulation of the Rhine, the renovation and strengthening of the Rapperswiler Seedamm, amelioration in the Rhine valley and the Linth area as well as the expansion of the Walenseestrasse .
Graf held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the infantry in the military and, as a major, commanded the 83rd Fusilier Battalion . Jakob Baltensperger was a good comrade of his .
Graf left behind his wife and their two sons.
Web links
- Marcel Mayer: Graf, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- H.Braschler: Nekrolog for government councilor Ernst Graf . In: Swiss Journal for Surveying, Cultural Technology, January 1950
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Count, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (FDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwellbrunn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1949 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |