Louis de Wuilleret

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Louis de Wuilleret (baptized December 25, 1815 in Romont , † February 23, 1898 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) was a Swiss politician . For over four decades, from 1853 until his death, he was a member of the National Council.

biography

He came from a respected family that can be traced back to the early 15th century; his father, Jean-Théodore, was mayor of Romont and district judge. Louis de Wuilleret attended the St. Michael College in Freiburg and the grammar school in Lucerne . This was followed by law studies at the Freiburg School of Law and at the University of Munich . In 1841 he was admitted to the bar and then headed the largest law firm in the canton of Friborg until 1889 . From 1889 he was President of the Cantonal Court .

De Wuilleret rose to become the undisputed leader of the Catholic Conservatives in the canton of Friborg. In 1847 he was a city ​​councilor in Freiburg. In 1846/47 he was a member of the Grand Council for the first time , until the radical liberals pushed to power after the Sonderbund War . In 1852 he headed the Posieux people's assembly with over 15,000 participants, which represented a show of force against the radical cantonal government. De Wuilleret, a member of the Swiss Student Association and the Pius Association , was re-elected to the Grand Council in 1856 and belonged to it for a further 42 years (he was President of the Grand Council almost every other year).

In October 1853, de Wuilleret won a by-election in the Freiburg-Süd constituency and succeeded Jean-François-Marcellin Bussard in the National Council. He was re-elected 15 times in a row, most recently in the National Council elections in 1896 . From 1881 he represented the newly created constituency of Freiburg-Mitte , and in 1896 he was the age president of the Federal Assembly . De Wuilleret endeavored to spread Catholic thought and promoted the Catholic press. From 1872 he was chairman of the board of directors of the Imprimerie Suisse catholique and the daily newspaper La Liberté . Together with his son-in-law Georges Python , he drove forward the establishment of the University of Freiburg .

His son Charles de Wuilleret was also a member of the National Council.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathrin Utz Tremp : Wuilleret. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Wuilleret, Louis de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH baptized December 25, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Romont FR
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1898
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland