Gotthard Egli
Gotthard Egli (born December 6, 1884 in Wolhusen ; † July 17, 1979 in Lucerne , Catholic , resident in Lucerne and Entlebuch ) was a Swiss politician (CVP) .
biography
Gotthard Egli was born on December 6, 1884 in Wolhusen as the son of Entlebuch's municipality clerk and district judge Peter Egli. Egli, a member of the Swiss Student Union , studied law in Munich , Berlin , Vienna and Bern . He then ran his own law firm between 1913 and 1935 .
Egli was also a member of the board of directors of various Catholic publishers, such as Walter AG Olten, Calendaria Immensee, Buchdruckerei Maihof AG and the Vaterland , the Catholic association Hotel Union Luzern and Radio Schweiz AG . He also presided over the Central Switzerland Radio Society and the St. Anna Clinic in Lucerne. Egli was also a member of the central board of the SRG and the board of Radio Basel 1 and from 1947 to 1957 of the Swiss school board of the ETH .
He was married to Lea, the daughter of the businessman Oscar Amrhyn. Gotthard Egli died on July 17, 1979, just before the age of 95 in Lucerne. His son Alphons also went into politics.
Political career
The conservative politician Egli was initially active on the city council of Lucerne from 1919 to 1923 . He was then a member of the Lucerne Grand Council from 1923 to 1935 . As a result, from 1935 to 1955 he was in the government council of the education and culture department. His last position was between 1935 and 1955 in the Council of States , which he presided over from December 4, 1950 to December 3, 1951. To this end, he presided over the city's Conservative Party from 1926 to 1933 and the Conservative Party of the Canton of Lucerne from 1933 to 1940.
literature
- Lucerne State Archives , National and Council of States materials
- David Luginbühl: From a central organ to an independent daily newspaper? The Fatherland and the CVP 1955–1991. Academic Press Friborg, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7278-1577-5 (Religion - Politics - Society in Switzerland. Vol. 45), pp. 79-82.
Web links
- Markus Trüeb: Egli, Gotthard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- List of Presidents of the Council of States on the website Swiss Government departments, political parties, etc.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egli, Gotthard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (CVP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolhusen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1979 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |