Johann Rudolf Ringier

Johann Rudolf Ringier (born January 22, 1797 in Lenzburg ; † November 9, 1879 there ; entitled to live in Zofingen and Lenzburg) was a liberal Swiss politician and judge . He represented the canton of Aargau twice in the National Council , from 1852 to 1854 and from 1856 to 1866.

biography

The son of the same name Indienne -Fabrikanten received his education in Lenzburg and completed in Aarau the district school . He then studied law at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin . After several years as a lawyer, he was a justice of the peace in Lenzburg from 1829 to 1831 , then a judge at the district court until 1841 (from 1832 as its vice-president). After all, he was a member of the Aargau High Court from 1841 to 1844. In the military he had the rank of major .

Ringier's political career began in 1831 when he was elected to the Aargau Grand Council , of which he was a member until 1840 and again from 1856 to 1868. In both 1830/31 and 1849/51 he worked as a constitutional councilor in the drafting of new cantonal constitutions. From 1847 to 1867 he was a member of the Lenzburg city ​​council . In the National Council he represented the canton of Aargau from 1852 to 1854 and from 1856 to 1866, where he belonged to the liberal parliamentary group as in the Grand Council. Because of deafness he was forced to resign from all offices in 1867.

His cousin Gottlieb Ringier was a Councilor and Federal Chancellor . A daughter of Ringier was the writer Fanny Oschwald (1840-1918).

literature

• Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 623 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fanny Oschwald-Ringier

Web links

• Beatrice Küng-Aerni: Ringier, Johann Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .