Josef Estermann (politician)

Josef Estermann (born October 22, 1947 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss politician ( SP ) and former city ​​president of Zurich .

Life

Estermann grew up in Kriens in central Switzerland . He studied law at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1973 with a licentiate . He then worked as a building lawyer in the appeals department of the building department of the Canton of Lucerne and later as a research assistant at the Zurich City Planning Office. From 1982 to 1990 he was a member of the building course commission in Zurich as an expert on building and planning issues.

From 1984 to 1990 Estermann belonged to the council of the city of Zurich. From 1990 to 2002 Estermann was Mayor of Zurich. In 2003 he ran unsuccessfully for the Council of States .

From 1990 he was a member of the board of directors of the Zurich Opera House and its president from 2003 until the end of the 2012/13 season, when he was replaced by Markus Notter.

In 2001 Estermann received the Fischhof Prize , which is awarded by the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA) and the Society for Minorities in Switzerland (GMS).

Josef Estermann has been married to Magi Estermann-Juchler since 1979.

Publications (selection)

• In the clutches of power . Reflection on the text of the cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach : Prices, Jerusalem, den Herrn , BWV 119. On the occasion of the performance on September 19, 2014 in St. Peter (Zurich) .
  • as DVD: Prizes, Jerusalem, the Lord. Maria Weber (soprano), Margot Oitzinger (alto), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Matthias Helm (bass), choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Rudolf Lutz . Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Josef Estermann. Gallus Media, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Resigning Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zurich Opera House takes stock, https://www.derbund.ch/kultur/klassik/Weniger-Zuschauer-im-Opernhaus/story/30175315 ; accessed on September 14, 2018.
2. ↑ Markus Notter new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zurich Opera House from the 2013/14 season , notification from the Canton of Zurich, https://www.zh.ch/internet/de/aktuell/news/medienmitteilungen/2013/136_vr_opernhaus.html ; accessed on September 14, 2018.
3. ↑ Fischhof Prize. Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA), accessed on August 13, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Product information ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the JS Bach Foundation, accessed on December 26, 2015. 

predecessor	Office	successor
Thomas Wagner	Mayor of Zurich 1990–2002	Elmar leather tanner