Ernst Reinhard

This article deals with the politician Ernst Reinhard. For other people see Ernst Reinhardt .

Ernst Reinhard (born January 20, 1889 in Bern , † June 18, 1947 ibid) was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

biography

Reinhard came from a very humble background, but was still able to complete his secondary school teacher training. After joining the SP, he became secretary of the Swiss workers' education center and editor of the journal Bildungsarbeit . After the relocation of the SP Presidium to Bern after the First World War, he became party president of the SP in 1919 and, together with Robert Grimm, made a significant contribution to the party in the interwar period. Although at first he belonged to the revolutionary-class struggle wing of the party, after Hitler's seizure of power in Germany he turned to more and more compromising circles in the party, so that from around 1934 he can be assigned to the democratic-evolutionary party wing. In 1935 Reinhard was in charge of drafting the SP's new party program, but had to resign in 1936 to make way for a new generation of leaders within the party that was able to overcome the SP's political isolation.

Reinhard held numerous political offices until his death. First he was a councilor in Bern (1918–1920 and 1936–1946), then a national councilor (1921–1928 and 1931–1947), a grand councilor in the canton of Bern 1942–1946 and shortly before his death in 1947 also a member of the Bern government.

Web links

• Christoph Zürcher: Reinhard, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .