Melchior Hefti

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Melchior Hefti (born April 4, 1879 in Hätzingen ; † December 27, 1965 there , reformed , entitled to live in Hätzingen) was a Swiss politician (DP) .

biography

Melchior Hefti was born on April 4, 1879 in Hätzingen as the son of the carpenter and Hätzingen councilor Melchior Hefti senior. Hefti initially completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and mechanic before completing the evening technical college in Winterthur . As a result, from 1903 he was employed as a master locksmith at Hefti & Co in Hätzingen for over fifty years.

Melchior Hefti was married to Maria, the daughter of Wilhelm Faist. He died on December 27, 1965, a few months before he was 87 years old in Hätzingen.

Political activity

Melchior Hefti began his political career in 1905 in the local council of Hätzingen, of which he was a member until 1938, of which from 1908 he was mayor . He subsequently served as an inspection judge from 1913 to 1917, then as chief judge until 1920. At the canton political level, he was first in the Glarus District Administrator from 1910 to 1920 , of which 1918 as President, then until 1947 as Head of the Building Department in the Glarus Government Council , in which he also held the offices of Landammann from 1932 to 1938 and from 1944 to 1947 of State Governor , represented. Melchior Hefti, member of the Glarus Democratic and Workers' Party, served as its president from 1923 to 1938. In addition, he took a seat on the Council of States for the canton from 1938 to 1953 , in which he was part of the democratic parliamentary group. There he worked in numerous commissions, such as the customs tariff, military, federal railway or Linth commission.

In addition, he was a board member of the Swiss Health Insurance Concordat and presided over the Glarner Kantonalbank from 1947 to 1956 and the Synod of the Protestant regional church from 1923 to 1953.

Melchior Hefti's commitment was towards progressive social policy, such as old-age and survivors ' insurance, the first compulsory cantonal unemployment insurance in Switzerland, health insurances and the safeguarding of industrial peace .

literature

  • Hans Hefti: Melchior Hefti, Hätzingen: April 4, 1879 to December 27, 1965, 1968
  • Jürg Davatz: Glarus and Switzerland: Streiflichter on mutual relations, 1991, p. 84

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personal data
SURNAME Hefti, Melchior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (DP)
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Hätzingen
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1965
Place of death Hätzingen