Hans-Ulrich Ernst (military)

Hans-Ulrich Ernst (1992)

Hans-Ulrich Ernst (born January 22, 1933 in Zurich ; † March 19, 2019 in Bern ; authorized to reside in the civic communities of Bern and Aarau ) was a Swiss lawyer , civil servant and brigadier . He was a member of the BGB / SVP .

Life

Hans-Ulrich Ernst was the son of the military and strategic pioneer Alfred Ernst . He studied at the University of Bern Law and assisted in Washington, DC , at Georgetown University . He then worked as a clerk at the High Court of the Canton of Bern and from 1960 practiced as a lawyer .

From 1963 to 1979 he worked in the Federal Department of Finance and from 1979 to 1996 he was Secretary General of the Federal Military Department , where he “played a key role in drafting the ' Army 95 ' and the ' Army XXI '”.

He commanded the 15th Infantry Regiment and then the 11th Border Brigade.

literature

• Patrick Feuz: Uncomfortable heckler . In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 27, 2019 ( tagesanzeiger.ch ).
• Sébastien Rial: Ernst, Hans-Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 8, 2004 .
• Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg (Ed.): Origin and work of the Directorate of the Military Administration (DMV). 1989.
• Urs Tremp: Cold warrior with the will to reform. In: NZZ am Sonntag of March 31, 2019, p. 23 ( online ).

Web links

• Hans-Ulrich Ernst in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
• Hans-Ulrich Ernst on the website Elites suisses au XXe siècle.
• Hans-Ulrich Ernst in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Tremp: Cold warrior with the will to reform. In: NZZ am Sonntag of March 31, 2019, p. 23 ( online , accessed on August 21, 2019).
2. ^ Sébastien Rial: Ernst, Hans-Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 8, 2004 , accessed August 21, 2019 .