Georges Godel

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Georges Godel, 2012.

Georges Godel (born April 17, 1952 in Billens , resident in Domdidier ) is a Swiss politician ( CVP ) and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .

His parents were Paul Godel, farmer, and Régina geb. Dougoud, housewife. The former Chancellor Charles Godel (1866–1939) was one of his ancestors . He was the second of five children; his sister Annelyse Pittet-Godel is a member of the SP Council. In 1974 he married Marie-Claire Pittet. The couple has three children. The master farmer lives in Ecublens.

After primary school in Ecublens in the south of the Glane district, where the family had been running a farm for many years, Georges Godel attended the St. Joseph Institute in Gauglera for a year, where he learned German. In 1980 he completed his agricultural training with a federal certificate of proficiency. With the help of two of his sons, he managed his estate, which grew through several purchases in the immediate vicinity. Georges Godel saw himself as a farmer and entrepreneur.

In 1978, at the age of 26, he was elected to the Ecublens City Council on an independent list . Unconfirmed in 1982, he regained his seat in 1986 and became Ammann , an office he held until 2000.

In 1986 Georges Godel was elected to the Grand Council. He quickly made a name for himself in the cantonal parliament and in 1991 became a member of the important finance and business audit committee, which he chaired from 2002 to 2005.

Since the 1990s, the influential Grand Councilor and Ammann played a key role in agriculture and agribusiness. He sat on the Board of Directors of Cremo SA from 1994 to 2002, at a difficult time for the company. He presided over the «Laiterie de Gruyères» cooperative (show dairy; 1996), the Syndicat d'améliorations foncières of Ecublens (1998), the Friborg Milk Association (2000) and Prolait (2002). He was also a board member of the Friborg Farmers' Association (1999) and Vice President of the board of Swiss milk producers (2003).

In 1999 he ran on the CVP list for the National Council elections. Although he was not elected, he achieved the second best result of all candidates. Encouraged by this, he ran again in 2003, but again without success.

In the general elections in 2006, Georges Godel applied for a seat in the State Council as a CVP candidate from the south of the canton. In the first ballot on November 5, he came fifth out of 17 candidates. On November 26th he was elected in the second ballot.

In the government, Georges Godel did not take over agriculture, but the spatial planning, environment and building management. At the head of 400 employees, he endeavored to implement the new distribution of tasks between the federal government and the canton with regard to national highways. In addition, the construction of the Bulle bypass was completed. On October 31, 2008, construction of the Poya Bridge and its tunnel began, a project of national importance that had been under construction for 50 years.

As Environment Director, Georges Godel has presided over the Advisory Commission on Sustainable Development since 2010. In addition, he was in charge of the various cantonal building commissions (Augustiner, Bellechasse, training workshop, Gambach, Adolf Merkle Institute, university).

The important dossiers that he presented to the Grand Council include the Spatial Planning Act (2008), the new Waters Act (2009) and the additional credit for the Bulle bypass road (H 189) and, finally, the commitment credit for the expansion of the Romont-Vaulruz cantonal road. He convinced the Grand Council to acquire the Cardinal brewery site together with the city in order to set up a technology park there. From 2007 to 2011, he also successfully submitted more than 20 decrees to the cantonal parliament.

In the 2011 cantonal elections, the State Council, Vice President of the Government, ran for a second term. Re-elected in third place in the second ballot, he moved to finance management. In 2012 he is President of the State Council.

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SURNAME Godel, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Billens , Switzerland