Kurt Meyer (politician, 1932)

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Kurt Meyer

Kurt Meyer (born on June 20, 1932 in Roggwil BE , legal domicile in Roggwil BE) is a Swiss politician ( SP ). He was, among other things, Bernese government councilor and national councilor .

Origin, education and profession

Meyer was born into a social democratic family. His father was the teacher and later Bernese SP National Councilor Fritz Meyer , his mother Aline Giger, who came from the city of Bern , was the daughter of a trade unionist . After school in Roggwil, Meyer went to high school in Bern. He studied law in Bern, obtained the Bern advocacy patent in 1961 and received his doctorate in 1963.

From 1961 to 1963 Meyer was court secretary and extraordinary investigating judge in Bern. In 1964 he opened a law firm in Langenthal , which he ran until he was elected to the government council.

politics

Meyer, like his parents, was oriented towards social democracy at a young age, but on the instructions of his father, who gave priority to the profession, he was only allowed to join the SP after school at the age of 20. After joining the SP Roggwil, he immediately became its secretary. In 1958 he was elected to the Roggwil municipal council, and in 1968 to the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern . In 1974/75 he was President of the Grand Council. He gave up the mandates in the municipal council and in the grand council when he was elected to the Bern government council in 1976. He took over the health and welfare management and remained in office until 1990. He did not run again in the 1990 elections. From 1977 to 1989 he was also President of the Conference of Cantonal Welfare Directors. He also presided over the SP Bern for several years.

In 1983 Meyer was elected to the National Council and stayed until 1987. Shortly after his election, the Bern SP nominated him as a candidate to succeed Federal Councilor Willi Ritschard . The official candidate of the SP, however, was Lilian Uchtenhagen , to whom parliament ultimately preferred Otto Stich .

After his time as a member of the government, Meyer worked as a consultant on legal and organizational issues. He was also the central president of the Swiss Fisheries Association from 1989 to 2001 and vice-president of the European Anglers Alliance from 1996 to 2002.

Meyer was very active in health policy during and after his active political career. From 1980 to 2004 he was President of the Intercantonal Association for the Control of Medicinal Products and, after his tenure as a member of the government, he was President of the Bern Health Foundation from 1992 to 2005 . From 1993 to 1997 he was President of Aids-Hilfe Schweiz (AHS) .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Niklaus Ramseyer: Kurt Meyer - a dynamic canton politician . In: Tages-Anzeiger . November 7, 1983. Christoph Zürcher: Fritz Meyer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 21, 2008 , accessed February 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ Niklaus Ramseyer: Kurt Meyer - a dynamic canton politician . In: Tages-Anzeiger . November 7, 1983.
  3. ^ Niklaus Ramseyer: Kurt Meyer - a dynamic canton politician . In: Tages-Anzeiger . November 7, 1983.
  4. ^ J. Kiefer: Surprising vacancy in the Bern government; Resignation of Health Director Fehr . In: NZZ . December 12, 1996, p. 13 .
  5. ^ Niklaus Ramseyer: Kurt Meyer - a dynamic canton politician . In: Tages-Anzeiger . November 7, 1983.
  6. ↑ Berner SP sends Meyer into the race . In: Berner Zeitung . 3rd November 1983.
  7. ↑ René Hornung: Five resignations at the top of Aids-Hilfe . In: Sunday newspaper . S. 7 .
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Roggwil BE