Marcel Regamey

Marcel Regamey (born August 19, 1905 in Lausanne , † June 23, 1982 in Epalinges , resident in Lausanne and Savigny ) was a Swiss politician ( Ligue vaudoise ).

Regamey studied law at the University of Lausanne and received his doctorate in 1929. In 1932 he was admitted to the bar .

In 1919 he founded the Ordre et Tradition (Order and Tradition) movement, which was renamed Ligue vaudoise in 1933 , and was its president until 1977. From 1931 he was editor of the magazine La Nation and represented anti-Semitic and corporatist views. He was considered a supporter of an authoritarian state concept and was enthusiastic about the ideas of Charles Maurras . Regamey campaigned for federalism and the sovereignty of the cantons and signed the entry of the two hundred in 1940 . Together with Paul Chaudet he started the popular initiative “for a return to direct democracy”, which was accepted by the Swiss electorate in 1949.

Marcel Regamey also wrote numerous political, philosophical and theological music and art reviews. In 1957 he was a member of the board of directors of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra , in 1960 of the synod of all reformed churches in the canton of Vaud and was president of the Vaud Bar Association from 1966 to 1968. In 1987 the "Fondation Marcel Regamey" was founded.

Web links

• Nicole Staremberg Goy: Regamey, Marcel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .