Hermann Schüpbach

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Hermann Schüpbach (born April 5, 1877 in Steffisburg , † June 30, 1949 in Bern , entitled to reside in Steffisburg and Thun ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

biography

Schüpbach attended the free grammar school in Bern and graduated from there. From 1896 to 1900 he then studied law at the universities of Lausanne , Bern and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin. Then he ran a law firm in Thun .

For fifteen years Schüpbach politicized for the FDP from 1905 to 1920 in the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern . In the parliamentary elections in 1911 he was elected to the National Council. There he was parliamentary group president of the FDP parliamentary group from 1928 to 1933 and, in his last year in office, 1935, president of the National Council . In 1929 he ran for the Federal Council , but lost to Rudolf Minger . From 1929 to 1934 he was president of the national FDP.

Hermann Schüpbach was an influential business lawyer and also sat on various boards of directors . For example at Astra, Merkur, Tobler, the Swiss Volksbank , Philips , Scintilla and Viscosuisse.

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SURNAME Schüpbach, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Steffisburg
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1949
Place of death Bern