Jules Philippin

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Jules Philippin (born June 18, 1818 in Le Locle , † December 15, 1882 in Neuchâtel ) was a Swiss politician and lawyer . He represented the canton of Neuchâtel both in the National Council and in the Council of States . He served twice as President of the National Council . He was also a member of the Neuchâtel State Council .

biography

Professional career

The eldest son of the shoemaker Samuel-Henri Philippin and Augustine Humbert-Droz was only able to attend primary school in Le Locle temporarily due to lack of money . In 1830 he moved to the orphanage in Neuchâtel , where he was able to complete an apprenticeship as a watch case maker four years later . From 1834 to 1839 the Philippin was secretary to the notary Jacottet, and from 1836 to 1838 for the Neuchâtel community . In addition, he worked from 1839 as a civil engineering inspector. He studied law on his own, which enabled him to take the notary's examination in 1840. In 1848 he had to resign as civil engineering inspector because the radical liberals suspected him of being a supporter of the recently overthrown, Prussian-friendly monarchist government. Filipino then began to work as a lawyer and gained trust by joining the Radical Liberals Party in 1849. He then worked as a prosecutor for almost two years .

Philippine was very interested in railways . From 1852 onwards he worked almost exclusively for the Franco-Suisse railway company and, as a lawyer, made a significant contribution to its establishment. He was the company's general secretary and legal advisor at the same time, and from 1856 he headed the expropriation proceedings. After completing the route network, he was a member of the management from 1861 to 1864 . In 1865 Franco-Suisse entered into a joint venture with Suisse Occidentale , whereupon he switched to the partner company. He headed this from 1871 to 1873 as Chairman of the Management Board. The Philippine found the fragmentation of the Swiss railway network unprofitable. In 1862, he tried in vain to merge Franco-Suisse with Jura industriel , which should have resulted in a Swiss company. He was a member of the boards of directors of Franco-Suisse and the Jura bernois . He was also a board member of the Neuenburger Sparkasse and a stock corporation for the construction of rental apartments. In the military he rose to the rank of colonel .

politics

Philippin's political career began in 1852 when he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Neuchâtel, of which he was a member until 1875. He presided over it from 1867 to 1869, 1871 to 1872 and 1874. As a member of the Legal Commission of the Grand Council, he was one of the co-authors of the cantonal civil code. He ran for the first time as a member of the National Council in 1854 , but was not elected. Instead, the Grand Council elected him in 1856 as one of the two representatives of the Canton of Neuchâtel in the Council of States , of which he was a member for four years. At the same time, in 1857, as a member of a special commission in the Neuchâtel municipality, he laid down the municipal regulations, and a year later he sat on the cantonal constitutional council .

In the National Council elections in 1860 , the Philippine was successful and moved from the estates to the National Council. He was then re-elected seven times in a row. In the National Council, he chaired the commissions for the constitutional revisions of 1872 and 1874, campaigned unsuccessfully for the abolition of the death penalty and, on his behalf, investigated the election fraud in the National Council elections in 1881 in the canton of Ticino in 1881 . In both 1866/67 and 1878 he was President of the National Council . For the Swiss federal government he conducted negotiations abroad on rail, military and emigration issues. At the local level, the Philippine was a member of the General Council of Neuchâtel from 1865 to 1867 . After all, he was a member of the Neuchâtel State Council from 1875 to 1882 and as such headed the building department.

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personal data
SURNAME Philippines, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Locle
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1882
Place of death Neuchâtel