Marc-Eugène Richard

Marc-Eugène Richard (born May 9, 1843 in Geneva ; † April 30, 1925 there , entitled to live in Geneva) was a Swiss politician (LPS) and lawyer .

biography

Marc-Eugène Richard was born on May 9, 1843 in Geneva to the priest Charles-Jacques Richard and Isaline Jeanne Louise, née Bedot. He first completed a degree in theology at the Protestant faculty in Montauban before he began studying law at the University of Grenoble , which he completed in 1864 with a law degree in Paris . In addition, a doctorate he 1869 Dr. iur. at the University of Geneva .

Marc-Eugène Richard's first professional position was in 1864 as legation secretary at the Swiss embassy in Florence , which he held until 1866. Subsequently he was employed as secretary to the French senator Désiré Leblond in Paris until 1868. Subsequently he worked as a lawyer in Geneva from 1870 to 1900 . His last position was from 1917 to 1924 as a judge at the Court of Cassation. In addition, from 1886 to 1895 he held the chair of commercial law at the University of Geneva. He also held board memberships from 1891 to 1920 for the Geneva savings fund and from 1896 to 1920 for the Jura-Simplon Railway (JS) .

Marc-Eugène Richard, a member of the Freemasons , married Eugénie-Emma, ​​the daughter of watchmaker Henri-Etienne Grosjean, in 1879 . He died on April 30, 1925, nine days before the age of 82 in his native Geneva.

Marc-Eugène Richard, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected to the Geneva Grand Council at the beginning of his political career in 1874 , to which he then belonged until 1876, from 1878 to 1880, 1884 to 1886, 1892 to 1901 and most recently from 1904 to 1910 . From 1889 to 1900 he was represented in the State Council, where he headed the education department until 1897 and then the building department. In addition, Richard served as the municipal council ( legislature ) of Geneva from 1876 to 1878 . In addition, he took a seat on the National Council for the canton from 1890 to 1893 , then on the Council of States until 1914 , which he also chaired in his last year in office.

As a federal parliamentarian, Richard was committed to a federally organized state. He spoke out against the so-called Repurchase Act of 1897, which led to the establishment of the SBB , and the National Bank Act of 1905.

literature

• Livre du Recteur 5, p. 329
• Erich Gruner , Karl Frei: The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Francke, Bern 1966, page 965 f.

Web links

• Jacques Barrelet: Richard, Marc-Eugène. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• List of Presidents of the Council of States on the website Swiss Government departments, political parties, etc.