Ernst Leuenberger
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Ernst «Aschi» Leuenberger (born January 18, 1945 in Kräiligen near Bätterkinden ; † June 30, 2009 ) was a Swiss trade unionist and politician ( SP ). In 1997/98 he was President of the National Council .
biography
Ernst Leuenberger grew up as one of four children of a working-class family in Bätterkinden in the canton of Bern . Even as a schoolboy he was interested in politics and had personal contact with Eduard von Steiger even before he switched to high school in Solothurn . He studied economics and social sciences at the University of Bern and from 1973 worked as a secretary for the Solothurn trade union federation. He later became Vice President of the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions (SGB) ; In 1990 he was defeated in the election for President Walter Renschler . He switched to the transport workers' union, most recently from the beginning of 1997 to mid-2005 as President of the SEV .
Leuenberger was a member of the federal council for 26 years - from 1983 until his death in 2009; until 1999 as a member of the National Council (1997/98 also President of the National Council ), from the 1999 elections as a representative of the Canton of Solothurn in the Council of States .
In the National Council he belonged to the Social Security Commission (1987 as President) and the Finance Commission (1995 President) as well as the parliamentary delegations VD ( administrative delegation , 1998 president) and NAD ( NEAT supervisory delegation , 1999 vice-president).
In the Council of States he was a member of the Finance Commission (President 2006/07), the State Political Commission (2004/05 President), the WAK (Economy and Taxes) and KVF (Transport and Telecommunications; 2002/03 President) commissions, another commission for detailed questions in connection with the financial equalization (NFA III) and again the NAD (2000 President).
Ernst Leuenberger was married and the father of two grown children. On June 30th, 2009 he succumbed to his longstanding cancer.
Web links
- Ernst Leuenberger on the website of the Federal Assembly
- Website by Ernst Leuenberger
- People-oriented trade unionists with clear contours , obituary to NZZ -Online from July 1, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilfried Meichtry : Mani Matter . A biography. Nagel & Kimche, 2013
National Councilors : Elvira Bader | Boris Banga | Roland Borer | Alex Heim | Peter Kofmel | Rudolf Steiner | Roberto Zanetti
Council of States:
Rolf Büttiker |
Ernst Leuenberger
List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 46th legislative period | List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 46th legislative period
National Councilors : Elvira Bader | Boris Banga | Roland Borer | Kurt Fluri | Bea Heim | Rudolf Steiner | Walter Wobmann
Council of States:
Rolf Büttiker |
Ernst Leuenberger
List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 47th legislative period | List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 47th legislative period
National Councilors : Elvira Bader | Roland Borer | Pirmin Bishop | Kurt Fluri | Bea Heim | Walter Wobmann | Brigit Wyss
Council of States: Rolf Büttiker | Ernst Leuenberger († 2009) | Roberto Zanetti (from 2010)
List of members of the Swiss National Council in the 48th legislative period | List of members of the Swiss Council of States in the 48th legislative period
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leuenberger, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leuenberger, Aschi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (SP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kräiligen at Bätterkinden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 2009 |