François Veillon

François Veillon (born November 28, 1793 in Roche , † January 25, 1859 in Bex ) was a Swiss politician and judge . From 1848 to 1851 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

Veillon came from a respected family from eastern Chablais , his father was a salt factor and district commander. Veillon studied law at the Academy in Lausanne . He then worked as a lawyer in his home community Roche, and later moved his law firm to Bex . His first public office was that of a judge at the District Court of Aigle , which he presided over from 1829 to 1833. From 1833 to 1842 he was appellate judge, then prefect of the district of Aigle .

Veillon rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the military and was district commander of Aigle. He represented radical liberal views and was a member of the Constitutional Council in 1831, which drafted a new cantonal constitution. In doing so, he enforced the provision that a district has the right to a maximum of two state councilors . In the same year he became a member of the Grand Council , to which he belonged initially until 1833 and again from 1843. Veillon ran in October 1848 in the first National Council elections and was elected in the Vaud-East constituency; he asserted himself against his brother-in-law Auguste de Loës , among others . In 1851 he resigned from all political offices.

Web links

• Gilbert Marion: Veillon, François. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .