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Judith Stamm in Lucerne, 2009

Judith Stamm (* 25. February 1934 in Schaffhausen ) is a Swiss lawyer , politician of the CVP and former National Council (1996/97).

Life and work

Judith Stamm grew up in the Zurich district of Wipkingen . Following graduation on girls' school she studied law at the University of Zurich and graduated in 1959 with a licentiate from. 1967 doctorate it with the thesis "The sexually-damaged child in the criminal investigation" . As the first police assistant in the criminal investigation department of the Canton of Lucerne , she conducted difficult, sensitive interviews with women and children who were often traumatized victims of violent crimes. She taught at the police candidate school and reorganized the complaints system. She later took on a newly created position as press spokeswoman for the Lucerne Criminal Police. Stamm was appointed a police officer. From 1981 she worked as a youth attorney for the public prosecutor of the canton of Lucerne.

Stamm is a citizen of Schleitheim ( Canton Schaffhausen ) and Zurich. She is single.

politics

After the introduction of women's suffrage in the Canton of Lucerne (1970), Judith Stamm was one of the first women to be elected to the Grand Council (today the Cantonal Council). She represented the CVP there from 1971 to 1984. In 1983 she was elected to the National Council. In 1986 she submitted a motion there for the implementation of the equality article of the Federal Constitution , the result of which was the creation of the “Federal Office for Equality between Men and Women” (see EDI areas ) in 1988. A year later, the Federal Council elected Stamm as President of the “ Federal Commission for Women's Issues ”, an advisory body to the state government .

When their party was able to propose two new Federal Council candidates in place of the resigned Federal Councilors Kurt Furgler and Alphons Egli in 1986, the Lucerne cantonal party nominated Judith Stamm. She held on to her candidacy even after Flavio Cotti and Arnold Koller were made official CVP Federal Council candidates, although she expected her own non-election. “I know that with my persistence I have encouraged many women to face up to every difficulty,” she said at the time. Her consistent stance was also valued by her party and parliamentary group, which ten years later proposed Stamm as President of the National Council. In 1996/97 she was the highest Swiss woman. She was a member of the National Council until the end of 1999.

Judith Stamm has been president of the organizing committee for the national celebration on the Rütliwiese since 1998 . In 2002 she was awarded the Lucerne City Badge of Honor for her services to the city's well-being.

literature

• Markus Trüeb: Stamm, Judith. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Judith Stamm: The sexually injured child in the criminal investigation . Keller, Zurich 1967.
• Judith Stamm: The long way women have made it into politics . In: Alois Hartmann , Hans Moos (ed.): Josef Zemp - A Federal Council creates the balance. His life and work in dialogue with the present . Verlag Druckerei Schüpfheim AG, Schüpfheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-907821-56-5 .
• Nathalie Zeindler: Courageous and fearless - How Judith Stamm paved the way for women . Xanthippe Verlag, Zurich 2008, ISBN 3-905795-05-1 .
• Inge Sprenger-Viol: Three ways into the Federal Palace - Elisabeth Blunschy , Josi J. Meier , Judith Stamm . Comenius Verlag, Luzern 2003, ISBN 3-9522033-6-X .
• Lys Wiedmer-Zingg: Die Schweizmacher - Ten top politicians in a glass house . Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel 1987, ISBN 3-7245-0606-6 .

Web links

Commons : Judith Stamm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Judith Stamm on the website of the Federal Assembly