Jacques Neirynck

Jacques Neirynck

Jacques Neirynck (born August 17, 1931 in Uccle / Ukkel ; resident in Ecublens ) is a Swiss politician ( CVP ), electrical engineer , consumer advocate and author of books on the subject of technical progress.

Life

Neirynck studied electrical engineering and received his diploma in 1954; then (1954 to 1957) he worked in the Belgian coal mining industry. From 1957 to 1963 he held a professorship for electrical engineering at the University of Kinshasa in Zaire and, in parallel, received his doctorate (1958) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. From 1963 to 1972 he worked in the Philips research laboratory in Brussels, first as head of the applied sciences group, then as deputy director.

In addition to his scientific work, Neirynck has been committed to consumer protection across Europe since 1963. In 1972 Neirynck received a professorship at the Chair for Circuits and Systems at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne , and in 1982 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in New York.

In 1999 he was elected to the Swiss National Council in the Swiss parliamentary elections. In the subsequent National Council elections in 2003 , he lost his seat, but was able to win it back in the 2007 elections and successfully defend it in 2011 . In 2015, however, he failed to be re-elected. Neirynck was a member of the Foreign Policy Commission (APK), the Commission for Science, Education and Culture (WBK) and the editorial commission (RedK).

Neirynck became known throughout Switzerland as one of the five leading actors in the documentary “ Mais im Bundeshuus” . He lives in Ecublens, is married and has five children. In addition to Swiss citizenship, he also has Belgian and French citizenship.

Honors

• 1996 Prix des libraires religieux de France
• 1997 Charles Oulmont Prize

Works (selection)

Neirynck has published over a hundred scientific publications and several fiction books. His research focus is on electrostatic precipitators.

As an author

Fiction

• Long in the placard. Novel . Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-220-04420-3 .
• Le cendres de superphénix. Novel . Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-220-04037-2 (together with Alex Décotte).
• Le crime du Prince de Galles . Éditions 10-18, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-264-04352-8 (Grands détectives; 4046).
• Et Malville explosa. Novel . Favre, Lausanne 1988, ISBN 2-8289-0385-0 (together with Alex Décotte).
• La faute du président Loubet . Éditions 10-18, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-264-04640-6 (Grands détectives; 4120).
• La mort de Pierre Curie . Éditions 10-18, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-264-04351-1 (Grands détectives; 4045).
• Un pape suisse . Press de la Renaissance, Paris 2006 (3 vols.).

1. Le manuscrit du Saint-Sépulcre . 2006, ISBN 2-266-15536-9 .
2. La révélation de l'ange . 2006, ISBN 2-266-14911-3 .
3. La prophétie du Vatican . New edition 2006, ISBN 2-266-14498-7 .

• Le siège de Bruxelles. Novel . Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-220-03818-1 .

Non-fiction

• The divine engineer. The evolution of technology (“Le 8e jour de la création”). 7th edition Expert-Verlag, Renningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8169-2774-7 .
• Peut-on vivre avec l'Islam? Favre, Lausanne 1999, ISBN 2-8289-0784-8 .
• Première épitre aux technicien . University Press, Lausanne 1990, ISBN 2-88074-181-5 (together with Philippe Baud).
• Profession menteur. Astrologues, numérologues, voyants, visionnaires, financiers, publicitaires, sectaires et autres . Favre, Paris, 2010, ISBN 978-2-8289-1160-7 .
• The Vassula riddle. In direct communication with God? ("L'énigme Vassula"). Parvis-Verlag, Hauteville 1998, ISBN 3-907523-87-3 .
• Science et conscience. La cas du génie génetique . University Press, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-88074-660-4 .

As editor

• Circuits non linear . University Press, Lausanne 1985, ISBN 2-88074-070-3 (Compléments au traité d'électricité).
• Traité d'électricité de l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne . Éditions Georgi, St. Saphorin 1978/86, ISBN 2-604-00002-4 (22 vol.).

Web links

• Jacques Neirynck on the website of the Federal Assembly
• Literature by and about Jacques Neirynck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fabienne Abetel-Béguelin / ASCH: Neirynck, Jacques. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Antonio Fumagalli: For these nations the hearts of the parliamentary dual citizens still beat. In: az Northwest Switzerland of June 7, 2014