Heinrich Walther (politician)
Heinrich Walther (born September 7, 1862 in Ober-Schmitten near Darmstadt , † May 18, 1954 in Kriens ; resident in Lucerne and Sursee ) was a Swiss politician ( Catholic Conservative ).
biography
Henry Walther, son of of Germany coming pharmacist Karl Friedrich Walther and Bertha, born Gaule, Maturand at the district school Luzern , studied medicine, then law at the Universities of Basel , Leipzig and Heidelberg . Heinrich Walther entered the Lucerne civil service after completing his studies and served first as department secretary from 1887 to 1893, then as state clerk until 1894 .
Walther converted from the Reformed to the Catholic faith in 1879 . At the age of only 32, he was elected to the Lucerne cantonal government in 1894 , to which he belonged until 1938. There he headed the military, police and medical departments and held the office of mayor several times . In the parliamentary elections in 1908 Walther was the successor of the Federal Council appointed Josef Anton Schobinger in the National Council elected in which he was represented by 1943, of which 1929 as president. As President of the Catholic-Conservative parliamentary group in the Federal Assembly , he was one of the most influential politicians in the country from 1919 to 1940. With the move away from the strictly anti- liberal course, he paved the way for cooperation between the bourgeois parties.
In 1930/1931 Walther was a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Dispatch Agency . He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Federal Railways (1931–1940) and Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke (1937–1954) and as Vice-President of the Swiss School Council (1937–1947). Heinrich Walther married Hedwig Felder in 1896. He died in 1954 at the age of 91 in Kriens.
literature
- Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 10. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 324.
- David Luginbühl: From a “central organ” to an independent daily newspaper? The "Fatherland" and the CVP 1955–1991. Academic Press, Friborg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7278-1577-5 ( Religion, Politics, Society in Switzerland. Vol. 45), p. 23 ( Google Books ).
Web links
- Josef Widmer: Walther, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politicians (Catholic Conservatives) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ober-Schmitten near Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1954 |
| Place of death | Kriens |