Georges Jaccottet

Georges Jaccottet (born July 20, 1909 in Vevey ; † December 20, 2001 in Lausanne , reformed , resident in Echallens ) was a Swiss politician (LPS) .

biography

Georges Jaccottet was born on July 20, 1909 in Vevey as the son of the editor-in-chief of the "Tribune de Lausanne" Georges Jean Jaccottet and Louise Cécile née Masson. Jaccottet, a member of the Belles-Lettres fraternity since 1928 , began studying law in Lausanne , Munich and Berlin , which he completed with a licentiate and a doctorate in 1935 . For this he was admitted to the bar in 1938 .

He was initially employed as a clerk at the Cantonal Court of Vaud from 1936 to 1938 , before working as editor of the Gazette de Lausanne from 1939 to 1949 . He also served as Vice-Central President of the Swiss Press Association between 1948 and 1949. In the Swiss Army , he served in the position of a major in military justice .

Georges Jaccottet married the women politician and actress Simone née Dubois in 1938 . He died on December 20, 2001, five months after he had turned 92 in Lausanne.

Political career

As a member of the Liberal Party, Georges Jaccottet held his first political office in the municipal council ( legislature ) of Lausanne, of which he was a member until 1949. As a result, he was from 1950 to 1969 as a city ​​councilor ( executive ) responsible for the school system. At the same time he represented his party in the Vaudois Grand Council from 1949 to 1964 . In addition, he took a seat in the National Council from 1963 to 1971 .

He also served as a member of the Synod of the Reformed Church of Vaud from 1956 to 1973 and as a delegate of the State Council for the protection of cultural property from 1970 to 1977 .

literature

• Livre d'or du 175e anniversaire 1806-1981: Belles-Lettres de Lausanne, 1981, p. 331 f.

Web links

• Fabienne Abetel-Béguelin: Jaccottet, Georges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .