Gottlieb Ringier

Gottlieb Ringier

Karl Albrecht Gottlieb Ringier (born December 8, 1837 in Wasen im Emmental , † January 7, 1929 in Bern ; resident in Zofingen ) was a Swiss politician and lawyer . From 1868 to 1877 he represented the canton of Aargau in the Council of States ; from 1882 to 1909 he was the Swiss Federal Chancellor .

biography

His father Gottlieb Ringier was a Reformed pastor and was in charge of the Sumiswald parish at the time of his birth . His mother was Emma Strähl, daughter of the lawyer Traugott Strähl. In 1843 he was called to Huttwil , where his son went to school. Ringier then graduated from the canton school in Aarau . This was followed by a law degree at the universities of Basel , Munich and Heidelberg . After the father's death in 1858, the family moved to Zofingen , whereupon he was forced to forego the desired doctorate for financial reasons .

In the military he reached the rank of first lieutenant in the General Staff in 1875, but ended his service in the same year.

Ringier was admitted to the bar and opened a law firm in Zofingen in 1859. In 1863 the cantonal government appointed him public prosecutor , a position he held for nine years. From 1862 to 1864 and again from 1875 to 1880 he was a member of the Grand Council . This elected him to the Council of States in 1868 , where he was considered a moderate liberal. In 1875 he was President of the Council of States . From 1872 Ringier worked in Aarau in his father-in-law's office. In 1877 he contracted such a serious lung disease during a fire service that he had to resign from work and all political offices for four years. During this time he made long spa stays in Ajaccio , Davos and on the Rigi .

After his recovery, Ringier ran for the vacant post of Federal Chancellor in 1881 . The Federal Assembly elected him in the fourth ballot, giving him preference over Johannes Stössel . Ringier then headed the Federal Chancellery until 1909 . The University of Basel awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1901 , and from 1905 to 1918 he was President of the Swiss Schiller Foundation .

His cousin Johann Rudolf Ringier was a member of the National Council .

literature

• Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 623-624 .

Web links

• Beatrice Küng-Aerni: Gottlieb Ringier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Biography on the website of the Federal Chancellery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Swiss General Staff Vollume 3, page 148