Hans Müri

Hans Müri (born August 16, 1861 in Schinznach-Dorf ; † November 16, 1944 in Thun ; entitled to live in Schinznach-Dorf) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ), judge and journalist . From 1896 to 1912 he was a member of the National Council and from 1895 to 1912 a member of the government of the Canton of Aargau . He was then a federal judge until 1933 .

biography

Müri, the son of a farmer, graduated from the district school in Schinznach and the teachers' seminar in Wettingen . After working as a teacher in his home town from 1880 to 1883, he embarked on an academic career and studied law at the universities of Zurich and Bern . In 1886 he received his doctorate summa cum laude in Bern . He then worked for a year in the trade and agriculture department and then came to the Zofinger Tagblatt , where he worked as an editor until 1891. From 1891 to 1895 he was President of the Zofingen District Court.

While still a student, Müri was elected to the Grand Council in 1895 . After ten years of membership, he elected him to the cantonal government. As a member of the government, he initially headed the building and agriculture department, then from 1901 to 1909 the education department and finally until 1912 the finance department. Due to the influence that he exercised, particularly in the planning of hydropower plants , his reign is sometimes referred to as the "Müri era".

In the parliamentary elections in 1896 , he succeeded in entering the National Council . Müri participated in particular in legal advice in the areas of railways, the civil code , the law of obligations , military organization as well as health and accident insurance. He advocated the absinthe ban , but spoke out against proportional representation in national council elections. In addition, he is considered a pioneer of Swiss water law legislation . The Federal Assembly elected Müri as federal judge in 1912 . He was a member of the constitutional department of the Federal Supreme Court, with the exception of the years 1927/28 when he headed the 1st civil department. In 1931 and 1932 he was President of the Federal Supreme Court.

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. 569-570 . ( Digitized version )

Web links

• Beatrice Küng-Aerni: Müri, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .