Hans Kuhn (civil servant)

Hans Kuhn (born July 27, 1884 in Bern ; † November 20, 1980 , reformed , resident in Orpund and Bern) was a Swiss federal civil servant .

Life

Hans Kuhn came to Bern on July 27, 1884 as the son of the businessman Jakob Kuhn and Marie Elisabeth, née Schwarz. He first attended a grammar school in Bern between 1899 and 1903, before studying law at the University of Bern until 1908 , which he finished with a doctorate in 1912 . In addition, he acquired the Bern advocacy patent in 1908 .

As a result, Hans Kuhn was first employed as a clerk at the Bernese Higher Court, then from 1915 to 1925 as an adjunct and finally until 1951 as head of the Federal Justice Department, today's Federal Office of Justice . During his tenure he was involved in many important drafts, such as the Expropriation Act, the Criminal Code , the Code of Obligations and various laws on agriculture, such as the peasant expropriation law.

After his retirement, Hans Kuhn acted as president of the appeals committee for rent monitoring and as a member of the expert committee for the law on the preservation of rural property.

Hans Kuhn married Lea, née Simon, in 1915. He died on November 20, 1980, four months after he had turned 96 in Bern.

literature

• The federal government of December 2, 1980

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung from December 6th and 7th, 1980

Web links

• Sarah Brian Scherer: Kuhn, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .