Louis Grandpierre

Louis Grandpierre (born June 8, 1806 in Môtiers , † November 8, 1876 in Neuchâtel ) was a Swiss politician . From 1853 to 1859 he was State Councilor of the Canton of Neuchâtel , from 1857 to 1866 he was a member of the National Council.

biography

The son of a grocer and judge was initially a soldier in the Salis regiment in French service. In 1830 he returned to the Val de Travers and also worked as a grocer. Grandpierre represented radical liberal views and was involved in both 1831 and 1848 in the uprisings against Prussian rule in the canton of Neuchâtel. After the second, successful uprising, he was a member of the constituent assembly in 1848 .

In 1848 Grandpierre was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Neuchâtel, to which he belonged until 1865 (until 1852 as its first president). From 1848 to 1850 he also served as prefect of the district of Val-de-Travers and then until 1853 of the district of Neuchâtel . The Grand Council elected him to the State Council in 1853, where he was responsible for the military department for the next six years. Grandpierre ran successfully in the National Council elections in 1857 , nine years later he resigned. He was Vice-President of the District Court of Val-de-Travers and President of the District Court of Neuchâtel and from 1868 to 1874 President of the Court of Appeal.

Web links

• Éric-André Klauser: Grandpierre, Louis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .