Joseph Räber (politician)

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Joseph Räber , also Josef Räber (born February 22, 1872 in Küssnacht ; † October 30, 1934 on the railway between Bern and Burgdorf ; resident in Küssnacht) was a Swiss judge and politician ( Conservative People's Party ).

Life

Räber visited in Einsiedeln the school and then the Ecole Saint Michel in Paris . He worked in his father's debt collection business , then studied law in Zurich , Strasbourg and Munich and received his doctorate in 1898. In the same year he opened a law firm in Küssnacht. From 1899 to 1904 he worked as a criminal judge and at the same time as a district councilor.

From 1900 to 1928 Räber was a member of the Schwyz Cantonal Council , which he chaired from 1902/1903, and from 1904 to 1916 he was the Catholic-Conservative Councilor of Education. He served as Landammann from 1908 to 1910. Räber sat on the Council of States from 1915 to 1928 and as its President from 1921 to 1922 . From 1915 to 1920 he was the cantonal party president and from 1920 to 1928 the central president of the Conservative People's Party, today's CVP .

Räber was a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Federal Railways from 1905 to 1928 , of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from 1920 to 1928 and of the Rentenanstalt from 1920 to 1927 . In 1927 he was director of the International Union of Telegraph Administrations.

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SURNAME Räber, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robbers, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss judges and politicians (Conservative People's Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Küssnacht
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1934
Place of death Railway between Bern and Burgdorf