Maurice Baudat
Maurice Baudat (born March 31, 1888 in Lausanne ; † February 23, 1969 there ; entitled to live in Genthod and Arnex-sur-Orbe ) was a Swiss politician ( LPS ).
biography
Baudat studied law at the Universities of Lausanne and Berlin . He received his doctorate in 1911 and worked as a lawyer from 1914.
From 1917 to 1937 he was on the municipal council of the city of Lausanne, where he politicized liberally . He was the leader of the radical liberal opposition in Lausanne in the 1930s. He wanted to prevent the way to a Christian, federalist and corporate Switzerland. From 1929 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1953 he was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud . From 1929 to 1940 he presided over the Liberal Party of Lausanne and from 1941 to 1945 the Liberal Party of the Canton of Vaud. For this party he sat in the National Council from 1945 to 1947 .
In 1917, Baudat founded the newspaper Le Libéral vaudois . He initiated a general fund for family allowances in the canton of Vaud and was its president from 1952 to 1958. In 1909 and 1910 he was the central president of Zofingia . Baudat was also a co-founder of the New Helvetic Society and presided over it from 1916 to 1919.
Web links
- Gilbert Marion: Baudat, Maurice. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Maurice Baudat in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baudat, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (LPS) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1969 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |