Johannes Stössel

Johannes Stössel (born May 8, 1837 in Bettswil (municipality of Bäretswil ); † November 7, 1919 in Rüschlikon ; entitled to live in Bäretswil) was a Swiss politician ( DP , later FDP ).

biography

Studies and professional career

The son of a small farmer graduated after attending the Teachers' College Küsnacht studying law at the University of Zurich . After completing his doctorate , he became a private lecturer in economics at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and at the Federal Polytechnic School in 1861 . In the following year he became secretary of the Federal Statistical Office and held this office until 1869. In addition, from 1864 to 1889 he was editor of the journal for Swiss statistics and at times president of the Swiss Statistical and Economic Society.

As one of the leading figures of the democratic movement in the Zurich Oberland , he was governor of the Hinwil district from 1869 to 1873 . At the same time he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the newly founded Schweizerische Volksbank in 1869 . He was then the first public prosecutor from 1873 to 1875.

Political career

In the canton of Zurich

In 1875 he was elected a member of the government council of the canton of Zurich , to which he belonged continuously until 1917 and thus reached the longest term in its history at the age of 42. During this time he was President of the Government Council seven times, namely in the years 1880/81, 1884/85, 1890/91, 1894/95, 1899/1900, 1906/1907 and 1913/14.

First he was director of justice and police in the cantonal government and then from 1877 to 1878 director of education. After a six-year term as Director of the Interior, he was again Director of Justice and Police from 1884 to 1888 and then until 1893 Director of Education. Thereupon he took over the office of director of finance until 1899, before he was again director of justice and police until 1905. Between 1905 and 1911 he held the office of director of finances and then until 1914 director of the interior and prison system. Most recently, Stössel was director of the health and poor sector from 1914 to 1917. In addition to the later Federal Councilor Walter Hauser , he was the leading politician in the Zurich government council in the 1880s.

At the national level

At the same time, Stössel was also active in federal politics: after the parliamentary elections in 1878 he was a member of the National Council until 1891 , and then of the Council of States until 1905 . After the National Council elections in 1881 , which led to a victory for the radicals, he was originally to succeed Johann Ulrich Schiess as Federal Chancellor . Ultimately, however, this plan failed and Gottlieb Ringier became Federal Chancellor. As successor to Georges Favon , he was President of the National Council from December 2, 1884 to June 1, 1885 .

In the years 1897/1898 he was President of the FDP Switzerland and then until 1904 President of the Central Board of the FDP.

In addition, Stössel was president of the non-profit society of the canton of Zurich from 1882 to 1886. From 1885 to 1897 he presided over the Swiss Trade Association . In addition, he was the founder of the Zürcher-Oberland Verein in 1897 and president until his death.

Web links

• Biography of Johannes Stössel on the website of the Canton of Zurich (PDF file)
• Susanne Peter-Kubli: Stössel, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Altermatt : On the upcoming election of a new Federal Chancellor. An office of political importance , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 3, 2007
2. ↑ Biography of Gottlieb Ringier, website of the Swiss Federal Chancellery ( Memento of the original of April 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Daniel V. Moser-Léchot: Free -Sinning Democratic Party (FDP), Section 4. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .