Johann Jenny

Johann Jenny (born September 8, 1857 in Uettligen ; † December 11, 1937 in Bern , reformed , entitled to live in Worblaufen ) was a Swiss politician ( FDP , BGB ).

biography

Johann Jenny was born on September 8, 1857 in Uettligen as the son of the large farmer Johann Jenny Senior and Maria Weibel. Jenny graduated from secondary school in Uettligen. As a result, he worked in his parents' farm before he took over the management of the farm and the restaurant of his wife Anna Martha nee Otti in Worblaufen . Jenny also served in the Swiss Army with the rank of colonel . Jenny died on December 11, 1937, three months after turning 80 in Bern.

Jenny was a member of the municipal council of Bolligen from 1893 to 1897 . Later, he served from 1914 to 1920 as mayor in Bolligen. At the cantonal level, Jenny sat on the Bern Grand Council between 1886 and 1926 . There he initially represented the Liberal Party, until he switched to the Farmers, Trade and Citizens' Party (BGB) in 1918. In addition, Jenny was represented in the National Council from the parliamentary elections in 1890 to those of 1935 , which he presided over from December 4, 1922 to December 3, 1923 . He also served in the executive committee of the BGB between 1918 and 1935.

In addition, from 1889 to 1936, Jenny was the first President of the Association of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Canton of Bern. In 1897 he was also a co-founder of the Swiss Farmers' Association , which he chaired until 1930. During his presidency, the farmers' association developed into a power factor in Swiss economic policy . As a parliamentarian, he campaigned for the revision of the Agriculture Act from 1893, for tax breaks , insurance benefits and peasant price requests. Johann Jenny also appealed to the peasant self-help.

plant

• The social question and the peasantry, 1896

literature

• Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Vol. 1, p. 179
• Karl Ludwig Schmalz: Bolligen: history, community development, local history. 1982, p. 108 f., 115 f.

Web links

• Peter Stettler: Jenny, Johann. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• List of National Council presidents on the website Swiss Government departments, political parties, etc.