Jean Broye (Council of State)
Jean-Joseph Broye (born March 30, 1797 in Estavayer-le-Lac , † December 29, 1870 in Friborg in Üechtland ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .
Broye was Catholic . His parents were Jean-Baptiste Broye and Marie-Anne nee. Losey. In 1826 he married Marie Guidi, daughter of Charles, from a merchant family in Freiburg, in 1839 his second marriage to Marie-Madeleine Beaud, daughter of Antoine. Jean-Joseph's children had different political careers. Jean Broye (1828–1899) was a radical, Jules Broye a conservative. Jean Broye was a lawyer, attorney, law teacher at the academy, city council of the city of Freiburg for 15 years, radical member of the lake district in the Grand Council (1866–1871) and federal judge (1876–1899). Jules Broye, also a lawyer, was a lawyer and then a cantonal judge.
Jean-Joseph Broye was a surveyor , then a surveyor. From 1831 to 1847 he presided over the Freiburg District Court.
His political career began when the radical regime came to power. Member of the Broye District from 1847 to 1856, he became a member of the Provisional Government from November 1847, where he took over the building management. On March 8, 1848 he was elected to the fourth Council of State with 54 out of 62 votes and retained the building management. He passed the law of June 16, 1848 on the organization of this directorate and the law of October 30, 1849 on expropriation for public benefit purposes. Above all, however, he was the father of the Road Act of November 25, 1849, which provided for the construction of a road network that would benefit the entire canton and its maintenance by the state and municipalities. This law remained in force until 1923. In October 1850 Jean-Joseph Broye resigned from the State Council. In 1852 he became chief forester of the city of Freiburg and after 1856 no longer played a political role. He died in 1870 at the age of 73.
literature
- Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .
Web links
- Gérard Guisolan and AZ: Broye, Jean-Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Broye, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broye, Jean-Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and State Councilor for the Canton of Friborg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Estavayer-le-Lac |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1870 |
| Place of death | Freiburg |