Fritz Honegger

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Fritz Honegger (born July 25, 1917 in Hauptwil ; † March 4, 1999 in Zurich ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ) from the canton of Zurich . As Federal Councilor he was Minister of Economic Affairs and once held the office of Federal President .

Fritz Honegger

Life

On December 7, 1977, he was elected to the Federal Council in the first ballot to succeed Ernst Brugger . He resigned on December 31, 1982. During his tenure, he headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs. He was a member of the Zofingia .

He was Federal President in 1982 and Vice President in 1981. After his resignation, he held various mandates in business, in addition to a number of honorary positions. The business mandates made it possible for him to forego the pension that an old Federal Councilor would be entitled to.

He came from Fischenthal . His son Eric Honegger also became a politician.

Election results in the Federal Assembly

• 1977: Election to the Federal Council with 173 votes (absolute majority: 105 votes)
• 1979: Re-election as Federal Council with 198 votes (absolute majority: 110 votes)
• 1980: Elected Vice President of the Federal Council with 203 votes (absolute majority: 106 votes)
• 1981: Election to the Federal President with 210 votes (absolute majority: 109 votes)

literature

• Fritz Honegger , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 26/1999 of June 21, 1999, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

• Sigmund Widmer : Honegger, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Fritz Honegger in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sigmund Widmer : Honegger, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

predecessor	Office	successor
Ernst Brugger	Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1978–1982	Rudolf Friedrich