Hans Stiffler

Hans Stiffler (born August 12, 1904 in Davos ; † December 14, 1985 in Klosters-Serneus ), reformed , resident of Davos, was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

Life

Family and work

Hans Stiffler, son of the station director Kaspar Stiffler and Anna née Trachsler, worked as a railway official at the Rhaetian Railway from 1922 to 1945 after graduating from school . Stiffler, who was married to Trachsler, born Bertie, died in 1985 at the age of 81 in Klosters-Serneus.

Political career

The entered into the Social Democratic Party (SP) Stiffler, years of active trade unionists of the Swiss Railway and Transport Personnel Association , was founded in 1937 to the district judge, in 1939 governor and 1945 Landammann of Davos selected, a post he held until the 1963rd From 1945 to 1963 he belonged to the Grisons Grand Council , which he chaired in 1959 as President . He also served as a cantonal judge from 1948 to 1962. In 1959 he was elected to the National Council , where he sat until 1962. Most recently, Hans Stiffler was represented on the government council from 1963 to 1971 , where he headed the cantonal education and health department, a position in which he was jointly responsible for the expansion of the hospital system and teacher training. In addition, he chaired the SP Davos from 1942 and the Graubünden Cantonal Party from 1948 to 1956.

Hans Stiffler was one of the founding members of the Swiss Alpine Middle School in Davos, the former Fridericianum , which was acquired from German ownership in 1945 .

See also

• List of the National Councils of the Canton of Graubünden

literature

• Who's who in Switzerland including the principality of Liechtenstein, Central European Times Pub. Co. Ltd., 1985, p. 515.
• Bündner Jahrbuch 1987, NF. 29th year, Chur, 1987, page 148 f.

Web links

• Martin Bundi: Stiffler, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Hans Stiffler on the website of the Federal Assembly